GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF FISHES. 5 



the truttaceous, trout kind;; or the gobionites, 



loch, or gudgeon kind. 



Fishes with but one soft back Jin, are of three 



sorts. The first kind have one long continued 



fin, from head to tail, as the hipparus of Ron- 



deletius, &c. 



The second have their fin but short, and 



placed just in the middle of their back : and 

 these are either marine, as the herring kind ; or 



ftuviatile, as those we call leather-mouthed jishes ; 

 such as carp, tench, &c. 



Fishes which have prickly Jins on their backs, 

 are of two kinds. 1. Such as have two prickly 



Jim on their backs; and in these the interior radii 

 of their fins are always prickly. 2. Such as 

 have but one prickly Jin there. 



The English fishes that we have in our ponds, 

 rivers, &c. are as follow: 1. Cyprinus, the 

 Carp. 2. Tinea, the Tench. 3. Cyprinus latus, 

 the Bream, or Bruma. 4. Orfus germanorum, 

 the Rudd, Oerve, or Nersling. 5. Capito seu 

 Cephalus the Chubb, or Chevin. 6. Bar bus f the 

 Barbel. ?.- Leucissus, the Dace, or Dare. 8. 

 Rutilm, seu Rubellio, the Roach. 9. Alburnus, 

 the Bleak, or Bley. 10. Gobiusjluviatilis, the 

 Gudgeon. 11. Cobitesjluviatilisbarbatula,the 

 Loche, or Loach. 12. Varius, seu phoxinus l&vis* 

 the Pink, or Minnow. 



These twelve are called Sfalacostomi, or lea- 

 ther-mouthed fishes ; because they have no teeth 

 in their jaws, but only deep down in their 

 mouths. To proceed. 13. Passer jluviatilis, 

 sive amphibious, the Flounder. 14. Anguilla, 

 the Eel. 15. Gobio jiuviatilis, the Bull-head, 

 or Miller's Thumb. 16. Thymallus, the Grag- 

 ling, ox Grayling, or Umber. 17. Salmo, the 

 Salmon, 18. Trutta liumatilis duum Better urn. 

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