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"Mr* PecJis account of four remarhahle Fijljcs. 55 



name of Wolf, by which it is known to our fifherinen. It is 

 fometimes called Conger Eel. In the confidence of the muf<.les. 

 it is like the eel, and deprived of its head and fliin, it is fome- 

 times fold as fuch ; but it is preferable to the eel, as it feeds on 

 living food \ whereas the eel feeds on carcaiTes. The largefl I 

 have feen was 3 1 inches in length. 



This fiih is a Ipecies of Blennins : it appears to differ from 

 all the Linnean Blennii, and uncertain whether it has ever 

 been defcribed, I fliall take its trivial name from the form of 

 its body, and call it Blennins (anguillaris) pinnis dorfali, anali, 

 caudalique unitis ; dorfah prope caudam radiis ododecim ab- 

 breviatis fpinofis. 



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The fifh reprefented at fig. IV, is of the carp kind and is the 

 Cyprinus (Catoflomus) pinna ani radiis odo, labio imo carun- 



bilobata papillofa, cauda bifida ; firfl defcribed and fi 



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ed by Dr. John Reinhold Forfler in the 63 d Vol. of Tranfac- 

 tions of the Royal Society. His figure, compared with tliis, 

 will be found to differ in the form of the head, although they 



both have the fame fpecific marks. 



Dr. Forfler obferves that, in his fpecimen, " the head was 

 full of elevations and aibercles j that he could not determine 

 the colour of the iris of the eye j that the body was comprefled 

 or flat." It feems probable from thefe circumflances, that his 

 fpecimen had been expofed to the air and in fome meafure 

 dried before he received it. The deUneation here given was 



made with tolerable accuracy from a fpecimen newly taken. 



The 



