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redeaccommodatum.Maxilla fuperior breuior eft, inferior longior 

 & prominens quo rit vt femper os hiet, pateatq;. Lingua quoqj maxil 

 la fuperiore longior,lata eft 5c magna pro maxilhe magnitudine. Eft 

 membrana quaedam gingiuarum interiore parte cnata & in os copli 

 cata,qua? a maxilla feparari,nifi diligenter infpicias non videtur.Den 

 tes non folum in vtraq; maxilla funt raagni , acuti , in os recurui,fcd 

 etia in palati offibus duobus infixi,item in radice linguae.Oculi fupra 

 caput ad latera fpectantes,aculeis fepti:ante hos propendent appedi- 

 ces duq,tenues,alb£,tetriq; odoris,fi Oppianocredimus,quibus veluti lt ^j L '-«^^ m 

 efca pilces mira folertia allicit & capit, quod non folum grauiffimo 

 Ariftotelis teftimonio,fed etiam pifcatoru. multoru experientia com- 

 probatum eft.Ariftotelesiranaeaquasanteoculos propendent,quas h^-hhiB; 

 longa piloru fpeciem referunt,in extremis autem crafTiufcula rotun- 

 dantur,veluti efca vtrifq; adiec~ba,ea inquam capillameta,cum arena, 

 aut turbidis aquis,quas ipfa conturbarit , (c[c obruerit , attollit , quse 

 quum tangunt,pulfantq-,pifciculi, eos allicit donec in os perduxerit: 

 qua; vero capillamentis illis cafu quodam caruerit , macilentior capi- 

 tur.EademPlinius ita traftulit. Nec minor folertia ranx quse in mari 1^.9.^.41. 

 pifcatrix vocatur,eminetia fub oculiscorniculaturbatolimoexerit, 

 afTultantes pifciculos pertrahens, donec tam prope accedant, vt affi- *!**** 

 liat.Eadem Pliniusperelcganter cxpreffit. 



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 traaliorum planorum cartilagineorum naturam pinnas duashabet 

 in medio corpore.Branchiarum foramcn vtrinque vnum,cute non 

 ofTeo operculo contectum.Cauda carnofa eft fpiffaque,in pinnam la- 

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