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Linea lateralis? 



Lamina fuperior branchiojlega ad bafim dent at a. 



MACROCEPHALUS i. Ar gent eus major % lined later all lati 



ori re£ld ; 



An, Parabucu Brajiiienjis. Will 



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labio inter i ori Ion 



The Snook 



3 



f. 



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This fi(h grows to a confiderable fize, being frequently no lefs th 



o 



r< 



and a half in 



gth 



d proportionately thick and tumid, elpecially about the 



bread: and belly. The head is of an oblong form, deprefled and bonev; bu 

 ufual in proportion to the fize of the fim. The mouth is wid 



g 



and the 



of a fil 



The lip 



P 



th 



d pharj 





or 



re 



ately 



befet 



> 



with very fmall teeth; and the whole body covered with 



fcales. The. lateral line 



pretty broad, of a black colour, and dretches from the upper part of the b 

 ertnre tr> the tail, almoft in a ftraipbt line. The branchioftegeous mem 



aperture 



^ 



is 



fuftained by feven arched o(! 



the cover of 



five lam 



The bad 



furn idied 



th 



fi 



made up of four or 



of which the fixft 



the firft ray of the fecond. The peclo 



fi 



are o 



f an oblong 



but the ventrals are broade 



d have the outward rays ft iff and pointed 



form ; 

 The 



anal fin is alfo of an oblong form, and furnifhed 

 but the tail is almoft fq 



p 



w 



(harp ray in the fore pa 



; 





This fidi is generally looked 



pon 



as 



of the bed 



A, 



d eats 



very much like a full 



cod-fi(h. It is greatly admired by moil peop 







PELMATIA i. Minor Jqu amis majufculh. 



The Bull-head. 



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PELMATIA 2. Major fquamis vix perjpicuis. 

 Muftela pifcis. Will. app. t. 4. 



The Mud- Mi. 



The fp 



of this trib 



they are, in g 



of a drowfy 



fily diftinguifhed by the flediy append 



and keep commonly about the bot : 



torn, between the weeds. They are largeft about the head and bread, butg 



pering and 



didi towards the 



The head 



deprefled, flattidi, and pretty 



broad; the eyes fmall ; the branchioftegeous membrane fudained by fix oilkles; and 

 the jaws, lips and pharynx befet with fmall delicate teeth. The back is furnifhed with 

 two fins, whereof the foremoft is fuftained by fix (in the fird) fimple and flightly 

 pointed radii. The pectoral fins are of an oblong make,' rounded, and placed 



: line : but the anal is roundidi. 



the gills; and the ventrals are nearly in the fam 

 and fuftained by nine or ten rays ; and the tail is nearly of the fam 

 fpecies have a fmall flefliy apendicle at the anus : they 

 d creeks of J 



mak 



All th 



mon 



and 



diged 



The fecond fort is mod: efteemed. and 



lly reckoned very tender fid 



nd 



fy of 



of feventeen or twenty 

 in full perfection. 



g 



frequently to the length 



It is the mod delicate fifh I have yet known, when 



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MUGIL Argenteics minor, pinna anteriori dorfi radium qua 



tuor. 



r 



An, Thymus Will. t. N. 8 ? 



This fifh is of an oblong and pretty tumid form 

 jnded, and thin; the mouth fmall: 



The Mullet 





head is fomewhat depred« d 



pharyn 

 coat, \ 

 oblong 



dightly befet with teeth 



the fuperior lip ductile and fmooth ; but the 



d 



eyes covered by a clear tranfp 



rtiich fpreads over the neighbouring parts of the head. The body is of a 



make, moderately comprefled, and covered with large fcales ; and the brah 



chiojlegeous membrane fuftained by four officles. The pectoral fins are of an oblon 



form 



.i 



nd placed near the apertures of the g 



b 



the ventrals 



d 



ifh, and fomething more remote. The firft dorfal fin is ftiU more remote than 



thefe. 





