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S»-ows more (lender from the head, and is rounded 
At the extremity. The ventral fins have four 
rays; and are joined by an intervening membrane 
v^ith a fimilar depreffion, by means of which appa- 
ratus it adheres to ftones and rocks. 
Sucker, Bimaculated. This is a new fpe- 
tics, which was difcovered near Weymouth, and 
defcribed by Pennant. The head is flat and tu- 
mid on each fide; the body is taper; and the pec- 
toral fins are placed unufualiy high. It has only 
one dorfal fin, placed near the tail; and the tail 
itfelf is even at the extremity. The colour of the 
head and body is a fine pink; that of the fins is 
whitifh; and on each fide of the belly there is a 
round black fpot. 
Sucker, Stone. The Englifli appellation for 
a genus of fifh, more ufually denominated Petro- 
myzon. See Petromvzon. 
SU CKER , GOAT. A genus of the order of 
pafleres in the Linnsean fyftem. It's charafters 
are thefe: the beak is flightly hooked, very fmall, 
fubulated, and fluted at the bafe; the mouth is 
very wide, with feveral ftifF briftles on the edge 
of the upper part ; and the tongue is acute and en- 
tire. Linnsus enumerates two fpecies, the Eu- 
ropean and American. In fome of it's charaders, 
this genus bears a fl:rong afRnity to the fwallow 
tribe; and hence Klein has ranked the common 
Goat-Sucker among fwallows, calling it the fwal- 
low v/ith an undivided tail. See Churn Owl. 
SUDIS; the Efox Sphyrjena of Linnseus. A 
name by which many ichthyologifl:s exprefs the 
fea-pike, or lucius marinus. This fifti in fome 
degree refembles the common river-pike, except 
that it is thinner in proportion to it's length, ap- 
proaching in that particular to the acus, or to- 
bacco-pipe fifh. The fcales are fmall ; the nofe 
is long and conical; and the under jaw, which 
projeds a confiderable way beyond the upper, 
terminates in a fliarp point. The tongue is large, 
narrow, and armed with fmall fharp teeth; each of 
the jaws is furniflied with a fingle row of large 
and fliarp teeth; in the middle of the lower jaw 
there is one tooth longer than the reft, which falls 
into a hollow in the upper jaw ; and there are two 
dorfal fins, both deeply forked. 
This filh ufually meafures about ten or twelve 
inches in length; and it's fle/h is much admired. 
It is generally found in the Mediterranean, where 
it fwims in larsie flioals. 
SUETA. An appellation by which Bello- 
nius and fome other ichthyologifts exprefs the na- 
fus; a fpecies of cyprinus, according to the Lin- 
nasan and Artedian fyftems; and diftinguiflied by 
the name of the cyprinus nafus, with the fnout 
ftanding prominent, in form of a human nofe, and 
with fourteen rays in the pinna ani. 
SUKOTYRO. An obfcure Chinefe animal, 
with very largf horns, appearing to be the fame 
with the carnivorous bull of Pliny and the an- 
cients. It is faid to be about the fize of a large 
ox ; it's head is fhaped like that of a hog ; it's ears 
are long and hairy; and it's tail is bufliy. On 
one fide of the head, near the eyes, it has a large 
horn, refembling the ivory tulk of the elephant, 
but not quite fo thick. Nieuhoff, who gives this 
account, adds, that it is rarely caught; and that it 
feeds on grafs ; but this obfervation may poflibly 
have been made without foundation. 
However, all that we know of this animal is 
gathered from a pair of horns, of an enormous 
fize, formerly in the polTefllon of Sir Hans Sloane, 
SUN 
and of which he tranfmitted an account to the 
Academy of Sciences at Paris. 
The captain of an Eaft India fhip, on feeing 
thefe horns, aflured Sir Hans, that they belonged 
to a large fpecies of bull in the Eaft, which he had 
feen, and which, by his account, feemed to be the 
fame with the creature juft mentioned, as de- 
fcribed by the ancients; but as none of the mo- 
dern naturalifts have feen it, they in general con- 
fider it as a doubtful animal. 
SULA. An appellation given by fome orni- 
thologifts to a diftinft fpecies of the web-footed 
aquatic fowl, appearing to be fynonymous v,'ith 
the Soland goofe, or anfer bafanus. 
SUMMER FLY. This infeft has a promi- 
nent palate; with two feelers on each fide, twice 
as long as the body; and blueini black wings. 
The body is oblong, and of a dufl^y brown hue; 
but the legs are of a duflcy greyilh black. While 
in the worm ftate, it may frequently be feen at the 
bottom of clear brooks, hid in a cafe of ftraw; 
and, when transformed into a Fly, it quits the wa- 
ter, and flutters about it's original place. Mou- 
fet mentions one fpecies with four wings, of a 
brown colour; it's body oblong; it's tail forked; 
and it's feelers fhort. However, there are a va- 
riety of fpecies belonging to this kind; which 
leaves fufficient room for curious enquirers to in- 
creafe the catalogue. 
SUMMER TEAL. An appellation by which 
fome authors exprefs the fmalleft of all the duck 
kind; called Anas Circias by Gefncr. 
SUN-FISH. The Tetraodon Mola of Lin^ 
nasus. In the Artedian fyftem, this is a fpecies 
of oftracion; and in all refpeds is a very Angular 
creature. It's body is broad and ftiort; and it's 
hinder extremity is terminated by a circular fin, 
which fcrves it for a tail; fo that it appears like 
the head of a large fifti feparated from it's body. 
It is frequently two feet in length ; and fometimes 
much exceeds that fize, growing even to two hun- 
dred weight. It is deftitute of fcales ; but is co- 
vered with a hard, harfh, rough fkin. It's back 
is black; it's belly is white; it's fides are of an in- 
termediate colour between both; and it's back 
and belly terminate in a narrow edge. The 
mouth of this fifli is very fmall in proportion to 
it's fize; and, when open, exhibits a circular ap- 
pearance. The jaws are hard, and edged like a 
knife within: externally, they are very rough, as 
if befet with feveral rows of fmall teeth. The 
head does not in the leaft projedl from the reft of 
the body ; the eyes are very fmall ; and the gills 
confift of only two elliptic holes, covered with 
their proper membranes. 
The flefti of this animal is very foft; all it's 
bones are griftly and tender; and the Ikin, which 
adheres very firmly to the flefh, is feparated with 
difficulty. It is caught in the Mediterranean, 
and fometimes in the Britifti feas. 
Pennant has defcribed the Sun-Fifti of Mount 
Bay, in Cornwall, under the appellation of the ob- 
long drodon. In form, he fays, it refembles the 
bream, or fome deep fifl^ cut off in the middle: 
the mouth, which is very minute, contains in each 
jaw two broad teeth with fharp edges ; the eyes 
are fmall, having before each a femilunar aper- 
ture; the perioral fins are alfo very fmall, and 
placed behind them ; the dorfal and anal fins are 
fituated at the extremity of the body; and the 
tail, which is narrow, occupies all that abrupt 
fpace between thofc two fins. The colour of the 
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