GREAT FORKED BEARD. 



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has the first dorsal fin triangular, much higher than the 

 second, the anterior rays produced ; the ventral rays twice as 

 long as the head. The Mediterranean fish, of which I 

 possess a specimen, has the first dorsal fin low and rounded, 

 very similar in character to that of the Burbot, as figured at 

 page 183 of this volume, with the ventral rays much shorter. 

 A description and figure of this fish is given by Willughby, 

 page 205, pi. N. 12, fig. 3. 



I have not seen a specimen of the British Great Forked 

 Beard. 



