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occasionally taken Avith a line from a pier or rock in harbours. 

 Their food is the smaller crustacean animals, and they swallow 

 a bait freely. 



The common length of the Power is from six to eight inches. 

 Head and body compressed, deep, but the latter less so in 

 proportion than the Bib, the deepest part at the vent, opposite 

 the termination of the first dorsal fin. In front of the eye 

 the head is short, the profile rounded from the upper jaw. 

 Eye large, a row of pores between the eye and upper maxillary 

 bone; jaws about equal, with teeth in both, and in the palate; 

 a barb at the lower jaw. Body clothed with fine scales, which 

 hang so loosely that the fish can scarcely be touched without 

 removing them. The lateral line begins high, and bends down 

 beyond the end of the pectoral fin, from thence straight. Vent 

 nearer the tail than in the Bib, opposite the termination of 

 the first dorsal. The first dorsal also begins further distant 

 from the head; the pectoral shorter; ventrals also shorter, not 

 reaching half way to the vent; tail slightly incurved. Colour 

 of the upper parts dusky or yellowish brown, sides lighter, 

 belly white. 



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