Til* GAR FISH. 



Description Where found Appellations. 



same size. It is full of roe in February, March, 

 and April, and spawns in May and June. 



This fish has so disagreeable and horrid ah 

 appearance, that nobody at Scarborough, except 

 ihe fishermen, will eat it, and they prefer it to 

 holibut. They always before dressing take oft* 

 ihe head and skin. 



THE GAR, NEEDLE, AND PlPE FISH, 



THE gar fish belongs to the class of needle 

 fish, which denomination they have received 

 from the extreme length of their bodies in pro- 

 portion to their thickness. They have no scales, 

 but scuta or bucklers, with several angles. The 

 hexagonal form of the body and the anal fin, 

 are the distinguishing characters of the gar fish, 

 The body is composed of eighteen scuta, and trie 

 tail of thirty-six, which form as many joints; 

 the tail is square. It is found in the North and 

 Baltic seas ; it scarcely exceeds the length of a 

 foot and the thickness of a finger. Besides the 

 appellations of needle fish and gar fish, it is 

 sometimes called by those of shorter pipe and 

 horn fish. 



The needle fish are natives of the ocean, and 

 the North and Baltic seas. They are usually 

 found in deep places near the coasts, where they 

 are caught along with other fish. They produce 

 then young in a perfect state, one after the other, 



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