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But one species of Anguilla is mentioned. So lon^ 



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fore the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia; in 

 which he described two new species of Anguilla, Cuv., 

 (MuR^NAj Lacepede,) which he procured in oiir market, 



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of the most splendid Inhabitants of our waters. Althouo-h 

 Pennant had described this in his Arctic Zoology^ Dr. 

 Mitchell again described and figured it, in his fishes of 

 New York as the Scorpcena Jiava. In the invaluable 

 *' Histoire des Poissons " of Cuvier and Valenciennes, a 

 new genus is formed, called Hemitripterus ; this 



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species constitutes the genus. It is not only indigenous 

 to, but is very common on our coast. A remarkably 



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have lately added another; in which the markings are 

 differently colored ; it appears to be a variety. 

 . Another species which has been passed over, is the 

 Sebastes Norvegicus of Cuv. et Valenc, the Perca 

 marina of Pennant. The fine soecimen in the 



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cabinet, I purchased several years since in our market ; 

 it was taken in deep water in our Bay, It is but rarely 

 met with here. By the fishermen, it is called the snapper. 

 Although ybur species of the genus Cottus are men- 

 tioned, some of which are very rarely, if ever, found here, 

 the most common fish on our coast and in our harbor, 



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boy with his pin-hook,^ — the sculpin^ — described by Dr. 

 Mitchell, as the Cottus octodecimspinosus, and since in- 



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catalofifued 



scorpttis. 



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