118 
£E[JS. 
Thb body deep and much compressed; head sloping; upper lip formed 
by a membranous band. The general outline approaching to an oval. 
Gape wide, — ^jaws capable of great protrusion. Two dor.sal fins, the 
first having spinous rays. Stout spines along the roots of the dorsal 
and anal tins, and along the belly. Ventral fins thoracic. 
DOREE. 
JOHN DOREE, 
JoNSTON; Tab. 17, f, 2. 
WiLLOuariBY; p. 294, Tab. S. 16. 
Linnaeus. Cuvhse. Bloch; pi. 41. 
Donov.yn; pi. 8. This and Bloch’s 
figure are not good. 
Fleming; Br.- Animals, p. 218. 
Jenyns; Manual, p. 367. 
Yarkell; Br. Fishes, vol. i, p. 183. 
Gunther; Cat. Br. M., vol. ii, p. 393. 
Lacbpede. Kisso. 
There rests some obscurity on the history and meaning of 
the ancient and scientific names of this fish, which in the Greek 
of Oppian appears to be Chalkeus, (XaKKev^,) or the Copper 
Smith; and the Greek name of the more exalted of the gods 
of the heathen, w'hich was selected by Artedi as the designation 
of the genus (Zeu?,) was applied to it by the Romans of the 
most ancient times, according to Columella, with the addition 
also of Faber, or the Workman. It would be vain to offer a 
guess on the cause of these high-sounding denominations, which 
probably had their origin, in times of high antiquity, from some 
such superstitious notion as supposed the Eel to be the em- 
bodiment of an evil spirit, and forbad the use of Surmullet as 
food, according to the doctrine of Pythagoras; hut, taking an 
Doree, 
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