FISH. 



ous, if I did not own my obligations in this re- 

 fpe6l to the works of Artedi, Dr. Gronovius, 

 and Linnaeus. 



It is from the laft I have copied the great fedtions 

 of the Bony Fish into 



Apodal, Jugular, 



Thoracic, Abdominal*. 



He founds this fyftem on a comparifon of the 

 ventral fins to the feet of land animals or reptiles ; 

 and either from the want of them, or their particu- 

 lar fituation-in refped to the other fins, eftabliPaes 

 his fedlions. 



In order to render them perfectly intelligible, 

 it is necelTary to refer to thofe feveral organs of 

 movement, and fome other parts, in a perfed fifh, 

 or one taken out of the three lad feclions. 



The Hadock. Expl. PL fig. 4. 



a. The peroral fins. 



b. ventral fins. 



c. anal fins. 



d. caudal fin, or the tail. 



e. e. e, dorfal fins. 



/ bony plates that cover the gills, 



g. branchioftegous rays, and their mem- 



branes. 

 k, lateral, or fide line. 



* Fide Syft, Nat. 422, 



Sect, 



