ChkIV. SEA SNAIL 105, 
Me he (Sy Ay oe: Ny AMD) Te 
coe ae 272. Ge/ner Cyclopterus Liparis. C. cor- 
pile. 4 pore nudo, pinnis dorfali 
Lites ee Dunelm et Eborace anali an unitis. Lin. 
Sea Snail. Wil. Icth. App.17. — fyfte 4 
Raii fyn. pile. 74. Pet. Gare Cycle. Gronov. Zooph. No 
tab. 51. figs § 198. 
Liparis. ce fron. 117. : 
HE fea {nail takes its name from the foft and 
unctuous texture of its body, refembling that 
of the land fnail. It is almoft tranfparent, and foon 
diffolves and melts away. 
It is found in the fea near the mouths of great 
rivers. 
The length is five inches: the color when frefh 
taken a pale brown: the fhape of the body round, 
but near the tail comprefied fideways: the belly is 
white, and very protuberant. 
The head is large, thick, and round. There are 
no teeth in the mouth, but the jaws are very rough: 
the tongue very large. 
The orifice to the gills is very fmall. 
The pectoral fins are very broad, thin, and tranf- 
parent, and almoft unite under the throat. The 
firft ray next the throat is very long, extends far 
beyond the reft, and is as fine as a Haid Over the 
bafe of each is a fort of operculum, or lid, ending 
in a point: this is capable of being raifed or de- 
preffed at pleafure. 
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