FISHEto. 



Lump Sucker. 



Devil Fish. 



John Dory. 



The Sea Devil, or Fishing Frog, is a hideous looking creature, growing sometimes seven feet long, and 

 resembles a huge tadpole, its head being much larger than its whole body, with a mouth of a yard wide, 

 and the under jaw longer than the upper. The fishermen, nevertheless, have a regard for it, on account 

 of its enmity to the voracious dog-fish, and whenever they chance to take it alive, they set it at liberty. 

 There are long filaments rising from the head, which it uses as fishing lines. These float, like worms, on 

 the water above the animal's lurking place, and the young fishes mistakingly seize them, and are sucked 

 in by the hidden monster. 



The John Dory abounds on the coasts of Cornwall and Devonshire, and is supposed to derive its name 

 from the French three, or golden, in allusion to its golden yellow color. It is the theme of some strange 

 traditions, one being that it was this fish from whose mouth St. Peter took the tribute money, after 

 catching it, by command of Christ. 



The Lump Sucker is about sixteen inches long, and weighs about four pounds. The shape of the 

 body is like that of a bream, deep, and it swims edgewise ; the back is sharp and elevated, and the bell}! 

 flat ; the lips, mouth, and tongue of this animal are of a deep red ; the whole skin is rough, with bony 

 knobs; the largest row is along the ridge of the back; the belly is of a bright crimson color; but what 

 makes the chief singularity in this fish, is an oval aperture in the belly, surrounded with a fleshy, soft 

 substance, that seems bearded all round ; by means of this part it adheres with vast force to any thing it 

 pleases. If flung into a pail of water, it will stick so close to the bottom, that on taking the fish by the 

 tail, one may lift up pail and all, though it holds several gallons of water. Great numbers of these fish 

 are found along the coasts of Greenland in the beginning of summer, where they resort to spawn. The 

 roe is remarkably large, and the Greenlanders boil it to a pulp for eating. They are extremely fat, but 

 flabby and insipid. 



Sword Fish. 



Hammer-headed Shark. 



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Spearing Fish 



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