FAMILY DF Tin; ANCT IM,I|) M. 



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THK i:i:l. 



A nguiUti — A ittorc m . 



Ai.TiKH (iH I in no respect rej,';ir(l the l!el as wDitliy of the 

 notice of the nn;:h'r, a volume on fish and fishiiij; wouM )»• 

 incomplete, had it not sumc allusion tn this siu<;ular tish, which 

 is, moreover, verj* excellent on the table. 



The family to which it belongs is of a (liffcrcnt order from 

 any which have been entimerated, that of the Apodiil Maln- 

 roptfrijgii, or soft-finned fishes, destitute of M'utrals. They 

 have slender and elongated bodies, without apparent scales, 



