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5 ' 4 ® FISHES. THORACIC. 20. Echineis, 
20. ECHINEIS. Head fat, naked, 
fed ; above flat, margined, and 
verfely ftreaked or grooved ; 
brane with 10 rays : body naked. 
Rmora, Tail forked; head with 18 flreaks. 
SuclinS 
fijk- 
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Inhabits the Mediterranean and Paciyc feas ; from 12 - ^^0 
inches long ; adheres fo firmly to the fides of veffeh g, 
the larger fifli by its head, that it is often removed "'id' 
ficulty, and was by the ancients fuppoled to hjvethep® ^ 
of arrefting the motion of the ihips it ftuck to ; body 
thick, mucous ; flelh not eaten. 
fmall, rough like a rafp ; tongue broad, l.uh, .w-. 
well as the palate belet with fmall teeth ; near the upP‘ 
each fide are 2 pores, the anterior one tubular, the 
oval ; eyes Imall, pupil black, iris filvery ; aperture 
gills very large, the membrane loofe ; back conveXj 
growing white towards the belly ; lateral line in the 
of the body, obfolete, beginning at the nape, bent at t 
of the peftoral fin and then llraight till it reaches to 
die of the tail ; iient nearer the tail; fns finall, covered 
a thick fkin, the rays loft, branched, mod of thetf 
repus, edged vrith brown ; tail lemilunar. 
Dorj. 21 : pect. 22 : vent. 4 ; an. 20 ; caud. 20 rays* 
Neucrates. 'Tail entire ; head with 24 ftreaks. 
,li 
Inhabits moll leas ; grows to 7 feet long ; body green> a, 
the lateral line white, llenderer than the lad ; flelh gjl' 
Head moderate ; lower jaw pointed ; tongue narrow ; 
den ; Jkin naked, perforated with a number of \ 
ral line in the middle of the body, white, llraight ; /'* 
low, edged with violet ; "dorjal and anal very remo'® 
the tail ; vent nearly in the middle. 
I)orf. 37 : peet. 21 : vent. 5 : an. 37 ; caud. 16 rays* 
JLineaia, Tail wedged ; head with 10 ftre^ks. 
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Head acuminate on the fore-part, the plate on the top 
16 — 19 grooves; mouth large; lov'er jiatu longer 1 jjs 
■ d, thin, loofe, »» 
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