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and round; the body covered with minute soft 

 scales. The general color of the upper part of 

 the body is grey spotted with brown, that of the 

 under part white j but it is observed, that these 

 tints, particularly the color of the spots, vary 

 extremely according to age or season : the few 

 spots on the head become in winter nearly 

 black, and occasionally a red tinge extends 

 over the back and fins. Its flesh is tender and 

 good, but sometimes appears of a green color. 

 Its usual weight does not exceed two pounds, 

 but there are instances of its weighing from 

 eight to fourteen pounds. Ed. 



Aigrefin, ou aiglefin. Belon parum bifurca. Arted. synon. 3. Hadock. 



118. 36. 

 Tertia asellorum species. Ron- Gadus iEglefinus. G. trip- 

 le/. 277. terygius cirratus albicans, 

 Tertia asel. Sp. Eglesinus. cauda biloba. Lin. syst. 435. 



Gesner pise. 86. Grn. Lin. M5Q. 



Ohos sive asinus veterum. Kolja. Faun. Suec. No. 306. 



Turner epist. ad Gesner. Gronov. Zoopk. No. 321. 



Asellus minor, Schelfisch. L'Anon. Duhamel Tr. des 



Schunevelde 18. Pesches. ii. 133. tab. 23. 



Hadock. Wil. Ichth. 170. Jig. 1. 



Raii syn. pise. 55. L* Aigrefin. Block ichth. ii. 



Gadus dorso tripterygio, ore 125. tab. 62. 



cirrato, max. sup. longiore, De la Cepede Hist, des Pois- 



corpore albicante, cauda sons. ii. 397. 



VJUR countryman Turner conjectured this Name. 

 species to have been the Ovo;, or Asinus, of the 



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