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justice to the subject when we remark further, that it is the 
opinion of Dr. Badham, in his amusing work of “Fish Tattle,” 
that the kindred species Phycis mediterraneus — known by its 
lower and rounded first dorsal fin, — is truly the disputed fish; 
and if so, the present species will lay an equal claim to the 
designation, since both of them are natives of the same waters, 
and we are well aware of the little discrimination that was 
employed by the ancients in the distinction of species. It was 
their opinion that the tendrils of the Asellus were employed as 
bait or lines, and we have noticed in the Flake’s Dame what 
organs of sensibility they are. 
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