j^g L A U N C E. Class IV. 



XIV. Head flender. 



LAUNCE. -g^^^ jQ^g ^^^ ^qy^j.^^ 



Upper lip doubled in. 



Dorfal and anal fin reaching almofl: to the tail. 



Seven branchioftegous rays. 



66. Sand. Ammodytes pifcls, ut nos Sand Eels, or Launces. Rati 



vocavimus pro anglico San- Jyn. pifc. 38, 165. 



dilz. Gejner paroJip. 3. Ammodytes. Arted. Jymn. 29. 



Tobian, vel Tobias Sandtfpir- Ammodytes Tobianus. Lin. 



ing. Scko7ie'ueldey 76. Jyfi. 430. 



Ammodytes Ge/neriyPFil. Ictb. Tobis. Faun. Suec. ^oz. Gro- 



113. ncv, Zooph. No. 404. 



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HE launce is found on moft of our fandj 

 fhores during fome of the fummer months : 

 it conceals itfelf on the recefs of the tides beneath 

 the fand, in fuch places where the water is left, at 

 the depth of about a foot, and are in fome places dug 

 out, in others drawn up by means of a hook con- 

 trived for that purpofe. They are commonly ufed 

 for baits for other fifli, but they are alfo very 

 delicate eating. 



Thefe filh are found in the (lomachs of the For- 

 pejfe^ an argument that the lad roots up the fand 

 with its nofe as hogs do the ground. 

 §is£. They grow fometimes the length of nine or ten 



inches : 



