FAMILY «>K Tin: slI.tlUDi;. 



I'J.i 



ISlLUlUDJv 



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Tin: f\T-risii. 



/luroH Pimrli>t{r. Silumii, J'liii'liiilii.t, i',rni)*>i» Ririimi)so>. 



f'hannrl f«t-»t«h. 



I'll IS siu'jtilar and hideous family of tislics is distinguislicd 

 from the others of the same order, by the skin being either 

 nnkcd or protected by lar<;e phites, but always destitute of true 

 scales. The interniaxillaries are suspendi'd under the ethmoid 

 bone, and form the border of the \ipper jaw, «hile the labials 

 are lenj^'thened out into barbi-ls, or are dimply rudiniental ; it 

 has, also, a seeoud adipose dorsal tin. First r;iys of the dorsal 

 and pectoral tin spinous. 



This fnniily contnins twenty-five or thirty species peculiar to 

 Americn, which are peneraily known n.s Cnt-fisli, Bull-heads, 

 Bull-j)outs, &e. They inhabit the Inrfjer lakes and rivers espe- 

 cially, but arc found in all tin- waters of North America. 



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