Class IV. D O R E E. 221 



Body very deep, and compreffed fide ways. 



Very long filaments ififuing from the firft dorfal iin. doREE* 



Seven branchioftegous rays. 



HoiMh^.Athen. Uh.Yll. 528. Zeus ventre aculeato, cauda loa. Dore*. 



Oppian Halieut. I. 133. in extreme circinato. Jrted, 



Faber? Ovid Halieut. no. fynon. 78. 



Zeus idem Faber Gadibus, Zeus Faber. Z. cauda rotun- 



Plin. lib. IX. c, 18. data, lateribus mediis ocello 



La Doree. Belon, 146. fufco, pinnis analibus dua- 



Faber five Gallus marinus. bus. Lin. fyft. 454. Qra^ 



Rondel. '1^2%, Gefner pifc, 369. ?wqj. Zooph. No. 311. 



A Doree. WiL Icth. 294. Zeus fpinofus. Muf. Fred, 



Raii fyn.pifc. 99. Ad. 6y. tab. XXXL 



SUPERSTITION hath made the Doree rival 

 to the Hadock^ for the honor of having been 

 the fifh out of whofe mouth St. Peter took the tri- 

 bute-money, leaving on its fides thofe incontefti-- 

 ble proofs of the identity of the fiih, the marks of 

 his finger and thumb. 



It is rather difficult at this time to determine on 

 which part to decide the difputej for the Doree 

 likewife afiierts an origin of its fpots of a fimilar 

 nature, but of a much earlier date than the for- 

 mer. St. Chriftopher^^ in wading through an arm. 



of 



* Belon t Rondel f 2M0 Aldro'vand de pifc. 40. St. Chrzjlopher 

 was of a CW'7^^/ ftature? as is evident from his image in the 



church 



