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  and 
  white, 
  shading 
  into 
  red. 
  If 
  the 
  color 
  which 
  it 
  offers 
  to 
  

   the 
  eye 
  is 
  agreeable, 
  the 
  odor 
  Avhich 
  its 
  body 
  exhales 
  is 
  not 
  

   80 
  at 
  all. 
  All 
  the 
  fins 
  are 
  gray 
  ; 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  tail 
  is 
  forked. 
  

   The 
  adipose 
  fin 
  is 
  placed 
  opposite 
  the 
  anal, 
  and 
  the 
  dorsal 
  is 
  

   in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  body." 
  He 
  adds, 
  a 
  little 
  farther 
  on, 
  

   " 
  as 
  the 
  flesh 
  of 
  this 
  fish 
  is 
  not 
  easy 
  to 
  digest, 
  one 
  should 
  

   not 
  advise 
  its 
  use 
  to 
  feeble 
  persons 
  or 
  valetudinarians." 
  

   He 
  considers 
  this 
  a 
  fresh 
  water 
  fish, 
  and 
  separated 
  it 
  from 
  

   the 
  sea 
  Eperlan, 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  being 
  a 
  sea 
  fish 
  ; 
  

   its 
  larger 
  size, 
  being 
  from 
  ten 
  to 
  twelve 
  inches 
  in 
  length; 
  and 
  

   its 
  stronger 
  odor. 
  They 
  have 
  since 
  been 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  but 
  

   young 
  and 
  old 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  species. 
  

  

  In 
  Rees' 
  Cyclop3dia, 
  1st 
  American 
  Edition, 
  Vol. 
  XXXII, 
  

   Article 
  Sal 
  mo, 
  B. 
  eperlanus, 
  we 
  find 
  : 
  '' 
  Of 
  this 
  species 
  there 
  

   appears 
  to 
  be 
  two 
  varieties, 
  one 
  not 
  exceeding 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  

   three 
  or 
  four 
  inches 
  ; 
  the 
  other 
  arriving 
  at 
  the 
  general 
  

   length 
  of 
  six, 
  eight, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  even 
  to 
  twelve 
  or 
  thir- 
  

   teen 
  inches. 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  rpj^^ 
  g|,jj^ 
  jg 
  thin, 
  and 
  the 
  

   whole 
  body 
  — 
  but 
  particularly 
  the 
  head 
  — 
  is 
  semi-transparent 
  ; 
  

   the 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  back 
  is 
  whitish, 
  with 
  a 
  cast 
  of 
  green, 
  be- 
  

   neath 
  which 
  it 
  is. 
  varied 
  with 
  blue, 
  and 
  then 
  succeeds 
  the 
  

   beautiful 
  silvery 
  gloss 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen. 
  * 
  * 
  i^ 
  fi-ont 
  

   of 
  the 
  upper 
  jaw 
  are 
  four 
  large 
  teeth." 
  M. 
  Valenciennes, 
  

   in 
  Histoire 
  Naturelle 
  Des 
  Poissons, 
  Par 
  Cuvier 
  et 
  Valen- 
  

   ciennes, 
  Paris, 
  1848, 
  Tome 
  XXI, 
  page 
  272, 
  gives 
  the 
  rays 
  

   as 
  follows 
  : 
  B. 
  8 
  ; 
  D. 
  11 
  ; 
  A. 
  16 
  ; 
  V. 
  8 
  ; 
  P. 
  11 
  ; 
  C. 
  25. 
  

  

  At 
  page 
  27'J, 
  he 
  adds 
  if 
  " 
  The 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  Eperlan 
  varies 
  

   according 
  to 
  the 
  depth. 
  Noel 
  de 
  la 
  Moriniere 
  has 
  already 
  

   indicated 
  these 
  variations 
  in 
  color 
  in 
  his 
  lit:le 
  Treatise 
  upon 
  

  

  t 
  La 
  conleur 
  des 
  Eperlaus 
  varie 
  suivaut 
  les 
  fonds. 
  jSToel 
  de 
  la 
  MoriniCre 
  

   a 
  deju 
  iudique 
  ccs 
  varietes 
  de 
  couleur 
  duns 
  son 
  petit 
  " 
  Traits 
  sur 
  I'Eperlan." 
  

   Les 
  pScheurs 
  dislinguent 
  I'Eperlan 
  blanc 
  et 
  le 
  vert. 
  

  

  La 
  chair 
  de 
  ceux-ci 
  est 
  inaigre 
  et 
  de 
  mauvaia 
  goCu 
  ; 
  cependcnt, 
  rEpcrlan 
  

   vert 
  du 
  Pont-de-rArche 
  est 
  d'une 
  excelleute 
  qualite. 
  

  

  