THE HUSO OF GERMA^'y. 1^^ 



ijarchment ; when it is rolled up, and exported in the fhape 

 in which we fee it in the iliops of the venders *. 



The fnout of this fpecies is remarkably long, and fur- 

 niflied below with fmall barbs j on the belly are two pair 

 of fins, on the back one; above, the body is black; the 

 lower parts yellow, as in the perch ; the whol? furface is 

 deftitute of fins, and the flelli is fupported by cartilages 

 inftead of bones f . The genuine icthyocolia that produ-' 

 ces the ifinglafs is fuppofed by Willojighby, to be a dife 

 ferent filh from the hufo. 



♦ GoldTmith's Nat. Hift. 



t Vide D. Will.apud F. Will. Ichthyol. p. 2-?1, 



Vol. II!. 



