Clas^IV. forked hake. 193 



Thefe fifh are from a foot and an half to near De scrip, 

 twice that length : they are of a flender make, of 

 a pale afh 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 fharp, particularly 

 thofe of the lower jaw. 



The iirfb dorfal fin is fmall, confiding of nine 

 rays ; the fecond reaches from the bafe of the 

 former almoft to the tail, and is compofed of forty 

 rays, of which the lad are the higheft : the pedo- 

 ral fins have about twelve, the ventral feven : the 

 an^ thirty-nine. 



The tail is almoft even at the end. 



Galee, clarla marina, Belon^ Icth. 205. Raii fyn. pifc, 82. r*ORKEP< 



126. ']^. 



Phycis. Rondel. 186. Gefner Phycis. Arted.fynon, App^Wl. 



pifc. 718. Blennius Phycis. Lin, fyfi. 

 Tinea marina. Aldr, Wil. 442= 



THIS is the fifli to which Rondektius gives the 

 name of Phycis^ borrowing it from Ariftotle 

 and Vltny^ who have not fo fufficiently charaderized 

 it, as to enable us to judge what fpecies they in- 

 tended. It is found in the Mediterranean more fre- 

 quently than in our feas, and we believe is the filli 

 mentioned by Mr. Armjirong^ and Do€tor Ckghorn^y 



* Armjirongf 161* C leghorn, 45, 



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