tHE BULL.HEaIj', 



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Genus XXX. Ihe Bull-head, 



'X His deformed tribe Is diftinguifhed bj a large difprol 

 portioned head, much broader and thicker than the bo- 

 dy ; the vifage is rendered flaring and hideous, by two 

 large eyes placed above; and the whole of this unlhapely 

 head is armed with fpines. Some of this genus are in=. 

 habitants of the freih water, while others are peculiar to 

 the fea. There are fix fpecies enumerated by ichthy'o 

 ologiiis. 



'ihe Rivrr Cody 



J. HIS fmall fpecies feldom exceeds three inches and a 

 half, and is very generally found in all our clear ftreamSj 

 lying at the bottom, either under a Hone, or upon tho 

 gravel. It depofits its fpawn in the fand, in a receptacle 

 dug for the purpofe ; and it3 concern for its future pro- 

 geny is fuch, that with relu6lance it leaves the fpot from 

 •which it is to rife. The frefli water irife(S3 are its food 5 

 the pulex a<juatilis being fretjuentlj found in its fio^ 

 jnach f , 



• r.ottus GoLIo, Lin. Syft. Btrll-hcad, Miller's Thumb. Wdlo-^gK 

 ■\ Br-ciJh Zoology, 



