933 FISHES. CHONDROPTERIGIOUS. 72 . Gaftrobranchu^' 
*Branc{- 
alis. 
Second dorfal fin linear ; mouth lobate. . , 
Lampern. ^ 
Inhabits frefti.water rivers of Europe, particularly the 
near Oxford ; 6 — 7 inches long ; conceals itfelf “”“1 
Hones or in the mud, and does not adhere to Hones lik® 
others ; body round, tapering to each end, annulate, 
greenifli, yellowifli at the fides, beneath white. 
Mouth without teeth ; Jins hardly a line broad ; tail lanceol**®’ 
fliarp at the end. 
Elaneri. Body annulate ; mouth papillous. 
Inhabits frelh-water rivers ; body olive, thicker and longer tha® 
P. branchialis. 
Behind the border of the mouth are numerous Hiarp 
teeth in a fingle row, with others clofe behind them i 
yellow ; ireaj thicker than in others ; Jns tolerably bi'®®® ’ 
near the vent is a conic peduncle. 
72. GASTROBRANCHUS. Mouth 
nal, furniflied with cirri : teeth in ^ 
double peftinate row each fide; 
per tooth fingle, lharp, in the 
of the mouth : both eel-fiiaped, caf^' 
nate beneath by a foft fin : fpiracles 
ventral. 
*Ctccus, 
Eyes o.^ Hag-fijh. Glutinous 
Inhabits the Ocean : about 8 inches long ; is laid to enter t® 
mouths of fifhes when taken by the hook, and to devour 
whole except the Ikin and bone ; when placed in a veflel 
lea-water, it loon renders it gelatinous, being of an unc^ 
monly glutinous nature. This animal has been by later N® 
turaliHs judiciouHy removed from the clafs of Worms, j 
by Linne it was ranked among the inteHinal, and cal*^ 
Myxine Glutinofa, 
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