7,14 FISHES. APODAL. 6^ Ammodytes. 7. OphHiuirf* 
6. AMMODYTES. , Head compreffed, 
rower than the body ; upper Up^ do 
bled in ; lower jaw narrow, poiw*^^ 1 ,’ 
teeth very (harp ; gill-membrane 
body long, fquare, the lides rounde ' 
Caudal fin difiinft. 
*Tobianns. Am. 
SandU^^‘‘'. 
Inhabits fahdy fhores ol the Northern feas: 9 — 12 inches 
buries itfelf on the reccfs of the tides a foot deep in 
and in fine weather rolls itfelf up and lifts its note jnn 
the fand ; is the prey of other rapacious fifh ; the flelh 8 
but it is generally ufed for baits. 
Head oblong; eyes fmall, black, iris filvery; in 
are 2 rough oblong bones ; region of the gills 
blue, varying with green, on each fide of which is a ^ . m'i 
dufky line or two ; ftdes and belly filvery ; lateral lir-t (}iJ 
thcf;^ 
vent nearer the tail, with a brown fpot near it ; 
yns foft ; tail forked. 
Dorf. 58: peCt. 12: an. 28: caiid. i6 rays. 
rays 
*Barba- 
tum. 
OPHIDIUM. //dfl^^nakedifh: teeth^^i 
in the jaws and palate : gill-mem^'^^ 
7 -rayed : body enfiform. 
tl» 
Lower jaw with 4 cirri. 
Bear‘ 
■ded^t 
h 
raff, 
■eM 
Inhabits the Mediterranean and Adriatic feas, and i* 
found in the Britijh ; 1 2 — r 4 inches long ; filvery-gf^^ 
linear fpots ; lateral line dufky. , 
Head fmall, without fcales ; upper jam doubled in and 
than the dower ; lips thick ; teeth very fmall ; 
with the common fkin, pupil black, iris go— ^g... 
a tranfparent,niaitarit membrane; tongue finooth, 
idenj 
■S(f’ 
fhort ; back convex, blueilh ; lateral line brown ; 
------- j tatcrat fct 7 /c uxuwii j - I 
the head than the tail; peBoral isas brown at 
and edged with cinereous, the reft joined together, 
in'! 
white and edged, with black ; fcaUl irregularly P* 
