^ Mr. Peck's account of four remarkable ^i/hes. ^^ 



« The fcales are finall near the head and back, increafmg in 

 ^ ze toward the middle and tail, clofe to which they are again 

 mailer. The dorfal fin is fomewhat behind the equilibrium 



of the fifh, rhomboidal and confifting of XII ftrong branched 



rays. • 



Peroral fins of a broad lance fhaped figure, plated near the 

 ^covers of the gills, and contain XVII rays. The ventral fins 

 have IX rays. The anal fin is rather large and ftrong^ fup- 

 ported by VIII rays, the firft of "^hich is fimple, tlie reft 

 branched, the laft divided at its bafe, and has the appearance 

 of two rays. "** The tail fomewhat forked or concave," and 



contains XIX rays. The pectoral, ventral, and anal fins are 

 •tinged with yellow. 



Dr. Forfter's Q)eclmeii was from Hudfon*s t)ay, and he 



mentions " two Varieties, both whitifh; but one diflinguiflied 

 by a mixture of a beautiful red." This which is found in. 

 "our waters is probably a third variety. The mofl remarkable 

 particu-lar in "its internal ftrut^ure is the form of the air blad* 

 der, which at about Id part from its anterior extremity it con- 

 tracted into a fmall neck^ in fuch a manner that there appeaf 

 to be two bladders j the anterior nearly round, the poflerior 

 oblong and fomewhat conical. , 



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It is called Suckef in the neighbourhood of Bofton, and in 

 the Diflridl of Maine it is improperly named Barbel. 



KlTTBRT, l()th Sept, 1794. 



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For thefg quotations, fee Phil. Tranfa^fl. of Royal Soc, of Lond. Vol. 63. part I. 

 page 155, and for the figure, fee plate 6j page 157, ejufdem. 



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