Glass IV. BASSE, 257 



Aa£?a|? Arift. Hijl. an. lib. Rati fyn. fife. 83. 125. 



IV. c. 10. &c. Perca radiis pinnae dorfalis fe- 



Lupus ? Ovid. Halieut. 1 12. cundas tredecim, ani qua- 



Le Bar, le Loup. Belon, 113. tuordecim. Arted. fyhon. 69. 



Lupus. Rondel. 268. Gefner Perca Labrax. Lin. fyft. 482. 



///?. 506. Grono<v. Zoopb. No. 300. 

 A Baffe. /F/7. irf£. 271. 



^TpHE baffe is a ftrong, active, and voracious 

 ** fifh : Owi calls them rapidi lupi 9 a name con- 

 tinued to them by after-writers. 



That which we had an opportunity of examining Sizt< 

 was fmall •, but they are faid to grow to the weight 

 of fifteen pounds. 



The irides are filvery : the mouth large : the teeth 

 are fituated in the jaws, and are very fmall : in the 

 roof of the mouth is a triangular rough fpace, and 

 juft at the gullet are two others of a roundilh form. 



The fcales are of a middling fize, are very thick 

 fet, and adhere clofely. 



The firft dorfal fin has nine ftrong fpiny rays, 

 of which the firft is the fhortefl, the middlemoft 

 the higheft •, the fecond dorfal fin con fills of thir- 

 teen rays, the firfl fpiny, the others foft. 



The pectoral fins have fifteen Jbft rays ; the ven- 

 tral fix rays, the firft fpiny : the anal fourteen rays, 

 the three firft fpiny, the others foft : the tail is a 

 little forked. 



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