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sorts. The first has one long continued fin 

 from head to tail, as the hipparus of Rondeletius, 



The fins of the second are but short, and placed 

 just in the middle of their back : and these are 

 either marine, as the herring-kind'; orjtuviatite, 

 as those \ve call leather-mouthed fishes, such ad 

 carp, tench, &c. 



1'ishes with prickly fins on their backs are of 

 two kinds : such as have two prickly fins on their 

 backs, and in ihese the interior radii of their fins 

 are always prickly ; 2nd, such as have but one 

 prickly fin there. 



The English fishes that we have in our ponds, 

 rivers, Sec. are as follow : 1. Cyprinus, the Carp. 

 U. Tinea, the Tench. 3. Cyprinus latus, the 

 Bream or Bruma. 4. Orfus Gcrmanorum, the 

 Rudd, Oerve, or Nersling. 5. Capito seu Ce- 

 phalus, the Chubb or Chevin. 6. Barbus, the 

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

 tilm seu Rubellio, the Roach. 9. Alburnus, tha 

 Bleak or Bley. 10. Gobimjluviatilis, the Gud- 

 geon. 11. Cobitesjiuviatilis barbatula y the Loche 

 or Loach. 12. Varius, seu Phoxinus l&vis, the 1 

 Pink or Minnow. 



These tw r elve are called Malacostomi, or lea- 

 ther-mouthed fishes, because they have no teeth 

 in their jaws, but only deep down in their mouths. 

 To proceed. 13. Passer Jiuviatilis sive amphi- 

 bious, the Flounder. 14. Anguilla, the Eel. 

 15. Gobio fluviatilis, the Bull-head or Miller's 

 Thumb. 16. Thymallus, the Gragling, Gray- 

 ling, or Umber. 17. Salmo, the Salmon. 18. 

 Truttafluviatilis duum gene rum, the Trout. 19. 

 fibula Salmoni similis, the Guinniad. 23. Trutta 

 Salmonata, the Salmon-Trout. 21. Trutta La- 



