:58 S E A P E R C H. Class iV, 



The body is formed fomev/hat like that of a fal- 

 mon. 



The color of the back is dufky, tinged with blue. 



The belly white. In young fifh the fpace above 

 the fide line is marked with fmall black fpots. 



It is efteemed a very delicate fifli. 



126. Sea. Une Perche de mer. Belon, Perca marina. P. pinnis dor- 



163. falibus unitis XV. fpin Tis, 



Perca marina. Sal-vian, 225. XIV. muticis, corpore litu- 



Rondel. 182. Wil. Icth. 327. ris variegato. Lin.JyJi, 483 > 



Rait fyn. fife, 140. 



'nr^HIS fpecies is about a foot long: the head 

 ■*' large and deformed : eyes great : teeth fmall 

 and numerous. On the head and. covers of the 

 gills are ftrong fpines. The dorfal fin is furnilh- 

 ed with fifteen ftrong fpiny rays, and fourteen 

 foft : the pedloral with eighteen : the ventral with 

 one fpiny, and five fofc : the anal with three fpiny, 

 and eight fofc : the tail, even at the end : the 

 lateral line parallel to the back. The color red, 

 with a black fpot on the covers of the gills, and 

 fome tranfverfe dufky lines on the fides. 

 It is a fifh held in fome efteem at the table. 



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