Cla&lV. OBLONG SUN-FISEL. 101 
a fynonymous creature. He fays no more than that 
it was the ereateft of fifh, and that it grunted when 
it was firft taken, from which probably rofe the 
name, for according to Athencus, oefeuyooicxGe *, 
was that given to a young pig. We are inclined to’ 
believe, that this fifh had efcaped the notice of 
Pliny, otherwife he muft have unavoidably made 
fome remark on its ftriking figure. 
They grow to a very large fize: one that was 
taken near Plymouth in 1734, weighing five hundred 
pounds. 
In form it refembles a bream, or fome deep fifh 
cut off in the middle. The mouth is very {mall, 
and contains in each jaw two broad teeth, with 
fharp edges. 
The eyes are little; before each is a {mall femi- 
lunar aperture; the pectoral fins very {mall, and 
placed behind them. ‘The dorfal fin, and the anal 
fin are high, and placed at the extremity of the 
body: the tail fin is narrow, and fills all the abrupt 
{pace between thofe two fins. 
The color of the back is dufky, and dappled ; 
the belly filvery : between the eyes and the pectoral 
fins are certain ftreaks pointing downwards. ‘The 
fkin is free from {fcales. 
When boiled, it has been obferved to turn into 
a glutinous jelly, refembline boiled ftarch when 
cold, and ferved the purpofes of glue, on being 
tried on paper and leather. } 
© Lid, iv. pf, 140s 
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