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palate, but not on the tongue. Pupil black ; iris yel- 

 low, with black dots. Body long, with large hard 

 scales back darkish green and round sides rather 

 flat, and of a bluish grey. A straight line runs over each 

 row of scales from head to tail 3 that in the middle marked 

 with small black dots. The belly is white, and larger 

 than in other trouts. The pectoral fins white, with 1 6 

 rays : all the other fins red j the dorsal fin violet, with 

 brown spots on a greenish ground j 5 first rays single, 

 the others divide into 8 branches near their end. 10 rays 

 in the gills, 12 in the ventral, 14 in the anal, and 18 in 

 the tail. The flesh white, and smells like thyme. 



The PIKE, JACK, or LUCE. Canine teeth no adi- 

 pous fins large mouth ; upper jaw concaved, and some- 

 what duck-billed $ under jaw rather longest tongue 

 large, and armed with teeth palate smooth, large throat 

 'nostrils double, and near the eyes, which are large, 

 round, with bluish-black pupils j the irides of a gold yel- 

 low. The mouth very large, and the lowest jaw the 

 broadest. Gills, 15 rays; pectoral fins, 14; ventrals, 

 10 ; anal, 175 in the tail and dorsal, each 20 the dorsal 

 far back, over the anal fin. Scales very minute, and 

 covering the gill-covers back and front dark greenish 

 brown sides mottled, clay and bluish fins of a yellow 

 tinge, with deep puq^le edges belly white. The colours 

 grow brighter at spawning time. 



The PERCH. Anal fin 11 rays, of which the first is 

 hard ; 7 m the gills, 14 in the pectoral, 5 in the ventral, 

 15 hard rays in the anterior, and 1 6 soft ones in the pos- 

 terior, dorsal ; 25 in the tail. Wide mouth; jaws of 



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