ClassIV. unctuous SUCKEH. IJ5 



ftill the agitation of the waves, and render them 

 fmooth*. 



Great numbers of thefe fifh are found in the 

 Greenland feas during the months of Jpril and Majy 

 when they refort near the fhore to fpawn. Their 

 roe is remarkably large, which the Greenknders 

 boil to a pulp, and eat. They are extremely fat, 

 which recommends them the more to the natives, 

 who admire all oily food : they call them NipifetSy 

 or Cat'fijh^ and take quantities of them during the 

 frafon f. 



This fifh is fometimes eaten in England^ being 

 ,ftewed like carp, but is both flabby and infipid. 



Liparis? Rondel. 272. Gefner Cyclopterus Liparis C. cor.- ^S. Ukc* 



pifc. 483. pore nudo, pinnis dorfali tuous. 



Liparis noftras Duneim et Ebo- anali caudalique unitis. Lin, 



rac. Sea Snail. Wil Icth, fyji. 414. 



App, 17. Raiijyn.pi/c. 74. Cyclogafier. Gronov, Zooph. 



■ Pet. Gaz. tab. ^l. fg. 5. No. 198. 



Liparis. Jrted, fynon. 177. 



^T^HIS fifli takes the nam€ of fea fnail from the 

 foft and unftuous texture of its body, refem- 

 bling that of the land fnail. It is ahnoft tranfpa- 

 rent, and foon difTolves and melts away^ 



It is found in the fea near the mouths of great 

 rivers. We have feen it in Jayiuary full of fpawn, 



* Phllof. Tranf. 1774. /. 445. 

 f Crantz^s Hijl. Greenland^ I. 06. 



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