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  meshed 
  seines 
  with 
  any 
  success; 
  no 
  doubt, 
  however, 
  that 
  

   these 
  fish 
  build 
  their 
  peculiar 
  nests 
  in 
  such 
  a 
  place. 
  The 
  

   common 
  "Four-spined 
  Stickleback" 
  was 
  here 
  also 
  very 
  

   numerous, 
  but 
  choosing 
  the 
  more 
  sliallow 
  water. 
  

  

  L. 
  ELOPID£. 
  

  

  ELOPS, 
  Linn. 
  

   F. 
  saurus. 
  

  

  Big-Eyed 
  Herring, 
  Jackmariddle, 
  or 
  Pounder. 
  

  

  The 
  entire 
  length, 
  Irom 
  the 
  opercle 
  to 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  

   the 
  caudal 
  fin, 
  is 
  equal 
  to 
  four 
  heads 
  a,nd 
  one-eighth. 
  

   Body 
  very 
  much 
  elongated, 
  sub-cylindrical, 
  round 
  at 
  

   the 
  back, 
  slightly 
  flattened 
  at 
  the 
  belly, 
  and 
  as 
  shghtly 
  

   compressed 
  at 
  the 
  sides, 
  but 
  much 
  more 
  so 
  near 
  the 
  

   tail, 
  the 
  head 
  is 
  long 
  and 
  thick, 
  with 
  the 
  snout 
  full 
  

   and 
  rounded 
  ; 
  the 
  supra-orbital 
  ridges 
  are 
  elevated, 
  and 
  

   leave 
  a 
  deep, 
  broad, 
  oblong 
  depression 
  ou 
  the 
  vertex, 
  which 
  

   is 
  broadest 
  between 
  the 
  eyes, 
  and 
  very 
  narrow 
  behind 
  ; 
  the 
  

   orbit 
  of 
  the 
  eye 
  is 
  marked 
  above 
  with 
  parallel 
  ridges 
  and 
  

   depressions, 
  directed 
  from 
  within 
  outwards. 
  The 
  eye 
  is 
  very 
  

   large 
  and 
  placed 
  near 
  the 
  facial 
  outline, 
  with 
  its 
  inferior 
  

   margin 
  below 
  the 
  median 
  plane 
  of 
  the 
  head, 
  and 
  about 
  

   its 
  diameter 
  from 
  the 
  snout, 
  and 
  two 
  diameters 
  and 
  a 
  quarter 
  

   from 
  the 
  posterior 
  border 
  of 
  the 
  opercle 
  ; 
  it 
  has 
  a 
  thick, 
  fleshy 
  

   lid 
  of 
  diaphonous 
  skin, 
  both 
  before 
  and 
  behind. 
  The 
  nostrils 
  

   are 
  closely 
  approximated, 
  and 
  rather 
  nearer 
  to 
  the 
  eye 
  than 
  

   to 
  the 
  snout; 
  the 
  posterior 
  is 
  semi-lunar 
  in 
  shape, 
  and 
  much 
  

   the 
  larger 
  ; 
  the 
  anterior 
  is 
  round, 
  and 
  both 
  are 
  at 
  the 
  

   anterior 
  extremity 
  of 
  the 
  supra-orbital 
  ridge. 
  The 
  mouth 
  is 
  

   very 
  large, 
  as 
  the 
  posterior 
  extremity 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  jaw 
  extends 
  

   behind 
  the 
  orbit 
  ; 
  the 
  lower 
  jaw 
  seems 
  larger 
  than 
  the 
  upper 
  

   when 
  the 
  mouth 
  is 
  open, 
  but 
  is 
  in 
  fact 
  received 
  within 
  it 
  

   when 
  the 
  mouth 
  is 
  closed 
  ; 
  the 
  upper 
  jaw 
  has 
  no 
  lip, 
  but 
  the 
  

   lower 
  has 
  a 
  loose 
  fold 
  of 
  skin 
  on 
  its 
  posterior 
  half; 
  both 
  are 
  

  

  