FiSHES. JUGULAR. i6. GaJus. 
inhabits the While Sea : above 8 inches long ; is often e>i'”’ 
tiiough the llclh is dry and tough. o. 
Head lbniewh.at compreflbd on the fore-p.trt and rounde’’ 
hind ; croan black ; jaies armed with fliarp fetaceous ^^j,5 
which are barbed backwaVds, the upper more obtufei .jj 
lower more pointed and a little longer ; palate with a “0“ ^ 
row of teeth; eyes large, pupil whitiili, iris blueiihiKi 
covers iilvery fpotted with black, compoled of 3 lannn®’ f, 
lowcft lunate, the next eliptical; the third triangt>l»>') .|, 
picfate ; . convex, (lightly channelled on the 
dirty-vvhite with a few confluent blackilh fpots ; ‘'V,, 
ifh ; lateral line llraight, nearer the back ; belly whit® ’ . |ig 
fal fins triangularj brown with whitifh rays ; and!' 0 J, 
triangular; the fore-part of the bafe du(ky.blue; 
W'hitifh at the bafe ; tail forked. J, 
d^orf. JO — 11, j 6 — ly, 20; pecf.zo: vent, k — *6: 
so : caud. 24 — 26 rays. 
B. Dorfal Jin: 3 / mouth ivithout cirri. 
‘ itcns. Back greenilh ; tail forked. 
Inhabits plentifully the horxeay feas ; relembles the >’?S 
but the. jaw: are equal, the lateial lint not curved, 
tail dillinaiy bifid. ,j 
Dorf. 13, 20, 19: pect, 17 : vent. 6 : an. 24, 20 : 
rays. 
*Merlan- 
gliS. 
Back dulky, reft of the body white ; upper iaw 
tail even. ’ rt' j 
Inl^bits the European, feas; appears on our coafc 
(hoals in the fpring ; is generally about a foot long) syr 
nioft delicate food of all its tribe ; body long, rount*^'^’ 
vered with linall, round, teiwler, filvery fcales. Uicfe 
Head narrowed on the fore-part ; eya round, pupil larg*' 
ms filvery; teeth i„ the upper jaw in numerous 
fore ones very long, in the lower a fingle row ; 1°"' ,V 
with g_,o punaures ; palate oa the fbre-part with J r,„( 
angular hone each fide ; back olive or hrownilh ; 
, . w I «ttdal and pcaoraj > 
Mack pcftoral to ®=tcb t- 
Dor/. 14, t8, io t pect, 20; 6- an, 30, 20 = ^ 
rays. “ ' 
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