LINN^EAN ARRANGEMENT 

 OF THE FISH 



FIGURED IN THIS EDITION OF WALTON AND COTTON'S COM 

 PLETE ANGLER.* 



Extracted from General Zoology, by GEORGE SHAW, M.D., &c., &c. ; and 

 British Zoology, by THOMAS PENNANT, Esq., Edit Lond., 1812, 8vo. 



HTHE reader of Walton's most interesting and amusing work 

 * will probably be gratified by its closer connection with 

 the science of Natural History ; and for this purpose, the fol- 

 lowing list is added, containing the Systematic Names and 

 Characters of the principal Fish described in it. 



Fishes form one great division of the Systema Naturae of 

 Linnaeus ; and the most generally received modification there 

 of, by Dr. Shaw, arranges them under two great Classes, to 

 the former of which alone the present work has reference, viz, 

 those which have a Skeleton of Bone, and those which have a 

 Skeleton of Cartilage. The Orders are founded upon circum- 

 stances connected with the Fins, which are named from their 

 situation, Dorsal, or Back Fins ; Pectoral, or Breast Fins ; 

 Ventral, or Belly Fins ; Anal, or Vent Fin ; and Caudal, or 

 Tail Fin. 



The Ventral Fins are held to be analogous to the Feet of 

 Quadrupeds ; and from thek absence, or relative situation to 

 the others, the Orders are taken. Such as want the Ventral 



* The late Dr. Rihard Powell, Secretary of the Royal College of Physi- 

 cians, volunteered the Linnsean Arrangement annexed, from his admiration 

 of the original paintings, and the great pains taken to have them faithfully 

 agxaved. 



