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family (Cod, Hake, Haddock and Whiting), the Flat-fish 

 family (Soles, Plaice, Dabs and Flounders), and the 

 Herring family. Others are rare fishes only occasionally 

 seen, such as the Sturgeon, Torpedo, Tunny and Thresher. 

 Others again are the voracious cartilaginous fish, such as 

 Skates and Rays, Sharks and Dog-fishes. Finally, there 

 are a very large number of curious and interesting little 



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Fig. XXII. 



shore fishes to be found in rock pools and under stones, 

 some of which are generally to be seen in the Aquarium. 

 Three of the more common of these are shown in figure 

 XXII. No. 1 is the Bull-head (Coitus scorpius), No. 2 the 

 common Shanny (Blennius pholis), and No. 3 a little pipe 

 fish (Nerophis lumbricif ormis) . The little sucker fishes 

 [Lep ado g aster bimaculatus), the Butter fish (Centronotus 



