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SUNFISH. 
stomach long and capacious, the intestine thick and convoluted 
into a ball. 
The Sunhsh is exposed to the annoyance of several species 
of parasitic animals, three species of which are commonly found 
adhering to the skin; and there is one, often an inch in 
length, which never fails to he found grasping with its sharp 
claws the fibres of the gills, no doubt to the great annoyance 
of its host. 
A — Parasitic on the gills of the Sunfish. 
B — Parasitic on the skin of the Sunfish. 
