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'FISHES. THORACIC. 26. Pleuroneaes,. 
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Eyes large, pupil black, iris white ; viouth large ; 
fliarp, curved, diftaiit ; upper jaw moveable ; ^ pmate > 
thofe of the plaite, but the pectoral are oblong j (Iraig^’^ 
lateral line ajrched at the beginning and then go^’S 
to the tail. 
porf. 'J5’: pect. 11 : vent, 6 : aiu 61 : caud. 15 r®y®' 
’jlLcevis. Brown tyith obfcurc yellow foots, beneath white 
' i^rge dufky fpots ; fcales fmooth j dorfal 
Inhabits Europe; 
Head fmall ; mouth full of Imall teeth . 
curved for the firft 2 inches and afterwards llraight 
foot long ; flefli very good. _ ._ocl> 
lateral l^tie 
'Eifttando- 
ides. 
*Silea. 
Body oblong, rough ; lateral Ijpe llraight, broad, , 
Inhabits Northern feas ; body rough with large denti 
fcales ; above pale brownifli-yellow, beneath white ; rele 
the plaifc ; flefli very white, Ann and good. 
Head Icaly ; pupil blueifh-white ; mouth large ; upper Itp 
filling of 2 bones, and can be protruded or retrafted 
furc ; tongue loofe, thin, and with \.\ie. palate fniooth ’ 
^ure of the gills large, the cover of one piece ; ventral, 
and anal fin with ftmple rays, the bafe covered with >' 
fcales ; pectoral and caudal with forked rays. 
Dorf, y9 : pect. n : vent, 6 : an. 63 : caud, 15 rays. 
Body oblong, rough y upper jqw longer. 
Inhabits European and Mediterranean leas ; Ibmetiines j..,). 
feet long ; body narrow, above olive ; fcales linall, hafdj 
ticulate, very firmly adhering to the ikin ; a fifli of ver/ 
licate flavor. 
Head truncate above ; jaws bearded with very fraall 
the upper lunate, lower with many fmall moveable teeth < 
not lo near together as in tnpft others, pupil blue, t''‘* ' 
low ; gill-cover rounded, of one jheie, covering the n 
brane ; lateral line flraiglit, nearer the back ; vent he*-''^^^/ 
the ventral fins ; fins above olive, beneath white, p^^ , 
edged with black, and like the ventral imall ; rays of th® 
Jal and anal fcaly nearly to the middle. 
DorJ.ioi pell. 10: vent, 6: an. 63: caud. jy rays. 
j^Arnoglofi. Thirt, pellucid, white, fmootj}. 
Jus. > . Found in Carnwall, but raiely. 
Smooth 
linguul'^^^' 
