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small ; the teeth slender and bending ; the fin covering the gills 

 with three to six spines ; the fins of the back and anus scaly. 



15. The Scicena. The body nearly elliptical; the head bevel, 

 the covers of the fins scaly ; the fin covering the gills with six 

 rays ; the fins of the back jagged, and hidden in a furrow in the 

 back. 



16. The Perck. The body oblong ; the head bevel ; the covers 

 of the gills scaly and toothed •, the fin covering the gills with 

 seven spines ; the fins in some jagged. 



17. The Scorpcena or Father-lasher. The body oblong ; the 

 head great, with beards ; the covers of the gills armed with 

 prickles ; the fin covering the gills with seven spines. 



18. The Mulhs oi Surmulct. The body slender; the head 

 almost four-cornered ; the fin covering the gills with three spines ; 

 some of these have beards ; a fish highly prized by the Romans, 

 and still considered as a very great delicacy. 



19. The Trigla or the Gurnard. The body slender; the 

 head nearly four-cornered, and covered with a bony coat, the fin 

 covering the gills with seven spines ; the pectoral and ventral 

 fins, strengthened with additional muscles and bones, and very 

 large for the animal's size. 



20. The Cottus or Bull-head. The body wedge-like ; the 

 head flat and broader than the body ; the fin covering the gills with 

 six spines ; the head furnished with prickles, knobs, and beards. 



21. The Zeus or Doree. The body oblong ; the head 

 large, bevel ; the fin covering the gills with seven rays ; the fins 

 jagged ; the upper-jaw with a loose floating skin depending into 

 the mouth. 



22. The Trachipterus or Sabra. The body sword-like ; 

 the head bevel ; the tin covering the gills with six spines ; the 

 lateral line straight ; the scales in a single order ; a loose skin 

 in both the jaws. 



23. The Gasterosteus or Stickleback. The body broadest to- 

 wards the tail ; the head oblong ; the fin covering the gills with 

 three, six, or seven spines ; prickles starting backward before 

 the back fins and the fins of the anus.* 



* The fifteen-spined Stickleback or Great Stickleback. — This fish, which is 

 the largest species of the sticlilebacks, is slender, being only au inch thick, 

 Mnrt nine in lenglh : tlic snont is long ; and the body of a pentagonal figure 

 towards the tail, «li'.ch is flat. The mouth is small, and the npper jaw pro- 



