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SECTION II. 



SOFT-FINNED FISHES. 



Szft-jinned Apodal Fishes. 



21). The Murcsna or Eel. The body round and slender ; the head 

 terminating in a beak; the fin covering the gills with ten rays ; the 

 opening to the gills pipe-fashion, placed near the pectoral fins; the fins 

 of the back, the anus, and the tail, united in one. 



30. The Gymnotus or Carapo. The body broadest on the back; 

 like the blade of a knife; the head small; the fin covering the gills 

 with five rays ; the back without a fin ; two beards or filaments from 

 the upper lip; an inhabitant of Brazil. 



31. The Anarchicas orWolf-fish. The body roundish and slender ; 

 the head large and blunt ; the fore-teeth above and below conical ; 

 the grinding-teeth and those in the palate round ; the fin covering 

 the gill has six rays. 



32. The Stromateus. The body oblong ; the head small ; the 

 teeth moderately sharp; the fin covering the gills with five or six 

 rays. 



33. The Ammodytes or Launce. The body slender and roundish ; 

 the head terminated by a beak ; the teeth of a hair-like fineness ; the 

 fin covering the gills with seven rays. 



Soft-tinned Jugular fishes. 



34. The Lepadog^ster. The body wedge-like; the head oblong; 

 forwarder than the body, flattish, the beak resembling that of a duck , 

 the pectoral fins double, two on each side; the ventral fins joined to- 

 gether ; a kind of bony breastplate between the pectoral fins ; the 

 fin covering the gills with five rays ; the opening to the gills pipe- 

 fashion. 



35. The Gadus or Cod Fish. The body oblong ; the head wedge- 

 like ; the fin covering the gills with seven rays ; several back and 

 anal fins. 



Soft-Jinned Thoracic Fishes. 



36. The Plemnnecles or Flumide. The body elliptical ; the heao 

 small ; both eyes on one side of the head ; the fin covering the gilla 

 with from four to seven rays. 



37. The Echineis or Sucking-jish. The body almost wedge-like; 

 moderately round ; the head broader than the body ; the fin covering 

 the gill with ten rays ; an oval breastplate, streaked in form of a lad- 

 der, toothed. 



38. The Lipidopus or Garter-fish. The body sword-like; the 

 head lengthened out; the fins covering the gills with seven rays; three 

 scales only on the whole body ; two in the place of the Centra! fins ; 

 the third from that of the anus. 



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