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FISHES. THORACIC. 37. Mullas. 
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Iris filvery, above and beneath brown ; teeth numeroilSj cxj 
ingly Imall ti/ngite obtufe, with a whitifh rough exct*‘ ^ ^ 
above near the tip ; before the dtsrfal fin are 5 fmall j.; 
Icarcely connebled ; dorfal fin fcaly, white tipt with “ 
anal fcaly, triangular on the fore-part ; putoral ' 
rounded ; near ventral fins are 
a irnall fpines, 
lil fhort. comnrefi^d! 1 
each 5 foft rays, hardly vifible ; tail fhort, compivl j,, 
carinate, glaucous, neatly rounded ; lateril line neared 
parallel with the back. 
Borf. 3?: peel, ,J: vent. [ : an. ccfud. iG rays. 
37. MULLUS. comprefled, 
fcaly : eyes oblong, approximate, 
tical, furnifhed with a niftitant .j 
brane : noflrils double, minute : ]' 
and 
tongue 
■ 4 '^[ 
palate armed with fmall 
fhort, narrow, fmooth, i 
gill-membrane 3-rayed : the covers 
pieces, very finely flriatc : body 
long, red, coated with large f<^^!n|, 
eafily dropping off. ''Sur' 0 ^ 
'Sarhaius Lov/er jaw with 2 cirri ; body red. 
Inhabits European, Mediterranean and Pacific leas ; 
deprived of its kales red. Nothing can be more 
tlian the colours of this fifh when it is dying, and p 
more delicious than its fkni ; the {Romans held' it (Jiff 
vail rejiute that prodigious films were given for the® ’ 
' were often bought at their weight in pure filver. 
7 > 9 > F- ^5) V- 6, a. 7, c. 16 rays. 
*Surmule- Cirri 2 ; body with 4 longitudinal yellow lines* li' 
ius. _ _ strdy 
Inhabits European, American and Mediterranean fe^> 
fpan to a foot long ; fcales fdvery ftreaked with ** jfeS| 
feeds on other fifiies, teftaceous animals, rmbs and cat, , 
feeds on other fifiies, teftaceous animals, crabs and c3>-:_, [i 
is gregarious, and approaclies the fhorc in the fpringi , 
purpole of fpawning ; its flefti is equally delicious "" 
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