LINNvEAN ARRANGEMENT 



OF THE FISH 



FIGURED IN THIS EDITION OF WALTON AND 

 COTTON'S COMPLETE ANGLER: 



Extracted from General Zoology, by George Shaw, M.D., 



8,~c. 8fc. ; and British Zoology, by Thomas Pennant, Esq. 



Edit. Lond. 1812. 8vo. 

 The Reader of Walton's most interesting and amusing 

 work, will probably be gratified by it's closer connec- 

 tion with the Science of Natural History ; and for this 

 purpose, the following List is added, containing the 

 Systematic Names and Characters of the principal Fish 

 described in it. 



Fishes form one great division of the Systcma Naturae 

 of Li nine us ; and the most generally received modifica- 

 tion thereof, by Dr. Shaw, arranges them under two 

 great Classes, — to the former of which alone the pre- 

 sent work has reference: — viz. Those which have a 

 Skeleton of Done, and those which have a Skeleton 'if 

 Cartilage. The Orders are founded upon circumstances 

 connected with the Fins, which are named from their 

 situation, Dorsal, or Bach Fins; Pectoral, or Breast Fins ; 

 Ventral, or Belly Fins; Anal, or Vent Fin; and Caudal, 

 or Tail Fin. 



The Ventral Fins are held to be analogous to the Feet 

 of Quadrupeds ; and from their absence, or relative 

 situation to the others, the Orders are taken. Such as 

 want the Ventral Fins, are named Apodal, or Footless : 

 such as have the Ventral placed before, or more forward 

 than the Pectoral, are named Jugular: such as have 



