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  '' 
  The 
  Eperlan, 
  Salmo 
  Eperlanus. 
  

  

  This 
  little 
  fish 
  maybe 
  recognized 
  by 
  its 
  protruding 
  mandi- 
  

   ble 
  and 
  the 
  seventeen 
  ra3^s 
  in 
  its 
  anal 
  fin. 
  The 
  other 
  rays 
  

   a.-eB. 
  7 
  ; 
  V. 
  11 
  ; 
  V. 
  8 
  ; 
  D. 
  11 
  ; 
  C. 
  19. 
  

  

  The 
  Eperlan 
  has 
  a 
  semi-transparent 
  body, 
  which 
  shines 
  

   with 
  great 
  brilliancy, 
  and 
  presents 
  successively 
  tints 
  of 
  green, 
  

   blue 
  and 
  white, 
  Avith 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  adorned. 
  The 
  body 
  is 
  

   round, 
  and 
  becomes 
  smaller 
  towards 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  the 
  tail, 
  

   80 
  that 
  it 
  quite 
  resembles 
  a 
  spindie. 
  The 
  head 
  is 
  small, 
  and 
  

   ends 
  bluntly. 
  The 
  eyes 
  are 
  large 
  and 
  round 
  ; 
  the 
  pupil 
  

   black, 
  and 
  the 
  iris 
  silvery^ 
  shading 
  into 
  blue. 
  The 
  lower 
  

   jaw 
  is 
  recurved 
  ; 
  the 
  upper 
  straight. 
  Both 
  are, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  

   the 
  palate, 
  provided 
  with 
  small 
  inwardly 
  curving 
  teeth. 
  

   Four 
  or 
  five 
  teeth 
  are 
  also 
  found 
  upon 
  the 
  tongue. 
  Its 
  body, 
  

   which 
  is 
  generally 
  only 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  inches 
  long, 
  is 
  covered 
  

   with 
  small 
  silvery 
  scales, 
  which 
  are 
  easily 
  detached. 
  This 
  

   fish 
  is 
  so 
  transparent, 
  that 
  one 
  can 
  distinguish 
  in 
  the 
  head 
  

   the 
  divisions 
  of 
  the 
  brain, 
  and 
  count 
  in 
  the 
  body 
  the 
  verte- 
  

   brfB 
  and 
  the 
  ribs. 
  The 
  back 
  is 
  round 
  and 
  gray 
  ; 
  upon 
  the 
  

   sides 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  silvery 
  depth, 
  upon 
  which 
  one 
  sees 
  a 
  change- 
  

   ful 
  mingling 
  of 
  green 
  and 
  blue 
  tints. 
  The 
  belly 
  is 
  round 
  

  

  tin 
  tirant 
  sur 
  le 
  bleu. 
  La 
  mSchoire 
  inferieure 
  est 
  recourbee 
  ; 
  la 
  superieure 
  

   est 
  droite. 
  Toutes 
  deux 
  sout, 
  ainsi 
  que 
  le 
  palais, 
  pourvucs 
  de 
  petites 
  dents 
  

   recourbC'es 
  en 
  dedans. 
  On 
  voit 
  aussi 
  quatre 
  it 
  cinq 
  dents 
  sur 
  la 
  lange. 
  

   Son 
  corps, 
  qui 
  n'a 
  pas 
  ordinairement 
  plus 
  de 
  deux 
  on 
  trois 
  pouces 
  de 
  long, 
  

   est 
  convert 
  d'ecailles 
  minces, 
  argeutines, 
  qui 
  se 
  detachent 
  aiseraent. 
  

  

  Ce 
  poisson 
  est 
  si 
  transparent, 
  qu'on 
  peut 
  dislinguer 
  dans 
  la 
  t^te 
  les 
  panics 
  

   da 
  cerveau, 
  et 
  compter 
  dans 
  le 
  corps 
  les 
  vertebres 
  et 
  les 
  cotes. 
  Le 
  dos 
  est 
  

   rondetgris; 
  sur 
  les 
  cotes, 
  il 
  a 
  uu 
  fond 
  argentine, 
  sur 
  lequel 
  on 
  voit 
  une 
  

   couleur 
  cbangeante 
  vert 
  et 
  bleu, 
  ce 
  qui 
  forme 
  un 
  melange 
  cbangeant. 
  Lc 
  

   ventre 
  est 
  rond, 
  blano 
  tirant 
  sur 
  le 
  rouge. 
  Si 
  la 
  couleur 
  qu'il 
  offre 
  aux 
  yens 
  

   est 
  agreable, 
  I'odeur 
  que 
  son 
  corps 
  exhale 
  ne 
  Test 
  point 
  da 
  tout. 
  Toutes 
  les 
  

   nageoires 
  sont 
  grises 
  ; 
  celle 
  de 
  la 
  queue 
  est 
  fourchue. 
  La 
  nageoire 
  adipeuse 
  

   est 
  placee 
  vis-a-vis 
  de 
  la 
  nageoire 
  de 
  I'anus, 
  et 
  la 
  dorsale 
  est 
  au 
  milieu 
  du 
  

   corps. 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  Comme 
  la 
  chair 
  de 
  ce 
  poisson 
  n'est 
  pas 
  facile 
  a 
  digerer) 
  

   on 
  ne 
  sauroit 
  en 
  conseiiler 
  I'usage 
  aux 
  personnes 
  foibles 
  et 
  valttudinaires. 
  

  

  