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J^naWps, 
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la. 
FISHES, ABDOMINAL. 40. Cobitis, 
ORDER JV. ABDOMINAL. 
0ilis bony ; ventral Jins placed on the belly 
hind the thorax. 
40. COBITIS. Head {mziW, oblong, 
eyes in the upper part of tlie hea^; 
nape flat; giCl-membrane ^ — 6 ray^^' 
the covers of one piece, fhutting K 
Heath; covered with mucus, 
fmall, thin, eaflly deciduous fcal^^' 
nearly of an equal thicknefs f^^^J 
head to tail : back ftraight. wiik . 
Angle fin ; lateral line hardly cofllp*/ 
cuous; nearer the tail : 
rounded. ‘ 
Cirri 2 ; head deprefled 4 eyes promiiient. 
Inhabits the fea mores of Surinam. ‘ 
A cirrus at each angle of the mouth. » 
Horf, ’j, pect. 22, vent, j, an. 9, caud. — rays. 
Cirri 6; head unarmed, compreiTcd. 
Inhabits frefh waters of Europe and AJm : 3—4 inches 
keeps at the bottom of the water on the gravel ; J , 
wonns and infefts ; is very fertile, and fpawns in 
April ; body finely varied with white, cinereous and bls‘^*^‘ , 
flefh exquifite, ' , t ^ 
Head Hoping on the fore-part, obtufe ; upper lip with 4 
in the middle and one at each angle of the mouth ; moul^ ^ , 
eyes minute ; jaws without teeth, the upper a little J 
lateral line ftraight ; Jins cinereous ; lines on the dorjd^^ 
caudal fpofted witli brown, 
Porf. 9 : pect. to : vent. 9 : an. S : caud. 17 rays. 
