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seas, others from the Mediterranean. The most 

 remarkable for its size and the excellence of its 

 flesh is \bzfegaro of the Genoese (scicena aquila, 

 Cuv.) ; it is often 6 feet long, is frequently caught 

 in the Mediterranean, and rarely found in the Bri- 

 tish Channel. We see three specimens of this fish 

 attached to the ceiling. M. Lesueur has recently 

 sent from North America a species of fegaro 

 caught in the lake Erie, and to which he gave the 

 name of s. oscula. l\h. The pogonias, Lacep. , 

 which differs from the scicence in having a great 

 number of cirri under the throat. The only 

 known species of this genus inhabits the North 

 American seas, whence M. Milbert has sent us 

 large specimens. 5th. The gurnards (trigla, Lin.), 

 remarkable for their mailed and angular heads, 

 and the loose rays placed before the pectoral 

 fins which are extremely developed. We have 

 eighteen species. The most common in our 

 markets is the cuckow gurnard (trigla cucu- 

 luSy Lin.) ; its colour is a bright red. The most- 

 remarkable is the flying gurnard (t. volitans, 

 Lin.); its pectoral fins are so large that it can 

 fly for some minutes above the surface of the 

 water ; it inhabits the Ocean and the Mediterra- 

 nean. 6th, The lophii, Lin., of which we have 

 twelve species, divided into three sub-genera 

 by M. Cuvier : the lophiits proper, the antenna- 



