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near twice that length ; they are of a slender 

 make, of a pale ash color on their backs, and of 

 a dirty white on their bellies. Their head is 

 flat and broad ; the mouth very wide; the teeth 

 very long and sharp, particularly those of the 

 lower jaw; the first dorsal fin is small, consist- 

 ing of nine rays ; the second reaches from the 

 base of the former almost to the tail, and is com- 

 posed of forty rays, of which the last are the 

 highest; the pectoral fins have about twelve, 

 the ventral seven j the anal thirty -nine ; the tail 

 is almost even at the end. 



Galee, claria marina. Belon, Blennius Phycis. Lin. syst. 12. Forked 



126*. 442. Gm. Lin. 1179. Hake. 



Phycis. Rondel. 186. Gesner Le petit Lingue, ou Merlex 



pise. 71 8. barbu. Duhamel Tr. des 



Tinea marina. Aldr. Wil. Pesches. ii. 147. tab. 25. Jig. 



Lchtk. 205. Raii syn. pise. 4. 



75. Le Blennie Phycis. De la Ce~ 



Phycis. Arted. synon. App. pede Hist, des Poissons. ii. 



iii. 465. - 



A HIS is the fish to which Rondelethis gives 

 the name of Phycis, borrowing it from Aristotle 

 and Pliny, who have not so sufficiently charac- 

 terized it, as to enable us to judge what species 

 they intended. It is found in the Mediterranean 

 more frequently than in our seas, and we believe 



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