AN 



INTRODUCTION 



NATURAL HISTORY OF FISHES; 



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BEING THE ARTICLE " ICHTHYOLOGY," FROM THE SEVENTH EDITION 



ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA. 



WITH ABOVE ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY ILLUSTRATIONS. 



BY 



JAMES WILSON, F.R.S.E. M.W.S. 



AND OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETT OF FRANCE. 



ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK, EDINBURGH ; 



SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, & CO., WHITTAKER & CO., AND HAMILTON, ADAMS, & CO. 

 LONDON ; AND JOHN GUMMING, DUBLIN. 



M.DCCC.XXXVni. 



