FISHES. APODAL, i, Murxna. 
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Inhabits European Je.as ;■ 3 — 4 feet long. 
Sidy finall in propoition to its. length; vwuth large; teeth 
pointing inwards; back fpotted with wlaite; bebly aiid_^nj 
whitiih. 
Tail naked, pointed ^ body round. Serpent Eel- 
Inhabits the fouthern European, feas : peBoral jfn with about 
16 rays. 
Lower jaw longer ; body of one colour, Comtnen Eel. 
Inhabits almod every where in frcflt waters ; grows fometimes 
to the length of 6 feet, and weighs zo pounds 5 in its ap- 
pearance and habits fomething refembles the ferpent tribe; 
during the night quits its element and wanders along urea- 
dows in fearch of fnails and worms ; beds itfelf deep in the 
m.ud in winter and continues in a {fate of reft ; is very impa- 
tient of cold and tenacious of life ; the flelh of fuch as fre- 
quent running water is very good ; is viviparous, and has 
1 16 vertebr^. 
Sidy, in ftagnant muddy waters black, beneath yeUowifli, in 
in gravelly clear waters green or browniflr, beneath filvery, 
fometimes varied with brown lines ; head finall, narrowed on 
the fore-part ; mouth large ; beneath each eye a finall orifice, 
and at the end of the nofe 2 others, finall and tubular ; teeth, 
^ finall, fharp, nvimerous 5 eyes finall, near the end of tl^ nofe, 
pupils black, iris golden ; aperture of the gills femilunar ; 
body a little comprelTed ; lateral tine ftraight, dotted with 
white; jkin covered with foft oblong fcales; peHoral Jins 
fmall, round, pier with about 19 rays; dor/al, caudal and 
anal Jns united, frequently edged with white. 
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Fin furrounding the lower part of the body white, edged 
with black. Flat-tailed Sea^jerpent, 
2. Entirely cinereous. 
Inhabits European Jeas, 
Head narrowed on the fore-part ; 2 fliort teutacula on the up- 
per lip ; back dark olive fpotted with white ; body corapref- 
ied. Head of 2) (ufpefted of being poifonous. 
''S'f. Lower jaw rather fhorter than the upper ; nofc with 2 ten- 
tacula ; lateral line whitilh with a row of Ijpots. 
Conger Eel, 
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