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■water was like that of a Wormfish, f Syngnatlius,) but they 
never sought to hide themselves among weeds or under stones. 
They seemed to prefer sandy ground, on which they would 
lie for hours in a waved or crooked posture. They were 
obtained near the shore on sandy ground, and not in rough 
weather; and there seems reason to believe that they were 
bred near where they were found — a circumstance the more 
likely, as Mr. Edwards believes that six or seven years before 
this he found the remains of a large e.xample on the shore 
near the same place. It measured nine inches in length 
without the head, which was lost; but the breadth was 
scarcely more than in the smaller examples, two of which 
have been transferred to the British Museum. Cuvier notes 
it as found in the Mediterranean. 
