THE ANGLER. 



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Section VI. 



Genus VIII. 'I'^e Angler. 



A HE fiflies of this genus were by the ancients called 

 fea frogs *, from their refemblance to that animal : The 

 E?iglijh have given thenv a Hill more hideous name, that 

 of fea toads, or fea devils ; appellations which thefe ani.* 

 mals feem to merit, by their extraordinary deformity. 

 Of all the monllers contained in the ocean, they are per* 

 haps the mod ugly and deformed. Their head and body 

 are joined together, forming one round flat mafs f . The 

 head and mouth are far larger than all the reft of the 

 body i the latter being in fome a yard wide, and furnifh- 

 ed all around with an infinite number of fmall teeth. 

 The pedtoral fins are broad and thick j behind each ven-i" 

 tral fin there is one aperture. 

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* tctr^axK^ -Arlftot. Oppian> Rana pifcatriy, Pliny and Ovl^, 

 t Willough. Ichtchyol. page 8g, 



