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Page 7
... middle of the back , form- ing a very sharp angle . Its colors are alfo more vivid , and its marks more diftinct ; the ground co- lor being a pale or yellowish green , marked with rows of black spots from the head to the rump . This and ...
... middle of the back , form- ing a very sharp angle . Its colors are alfo more vivid , and its marks more diftinct ; the ground co- lor being a pale or yellowish green , marked with rows of black spots from the head to the rump . This and ...
Page 24
... middle of the body thickeft ; the back and fides covered with small scales , the belly with oblong , narrow , tranfverfe plates . The first Linnæus diftinguishes by the name of Squama , the last he calls fcuta , and from them forms his ...
... middle of the body thickeft ; the back and fides covered with small scales , the belly with oblong , narrow , tranfverfe plates . The first Linnæus diftinguishes by the name of Squama , the last he calls fcuta , and from them forms his ...
Page 36
... middle of the head are two orifices , thro ' which it fpouts water to a vaft height , and with a great noife , especially when disturbed or wounded . The eyes are no larger than those of an ox . On the back there is no fin , but on the ...
... middle of the head are two orifices , thro ' which it fpouts water to a vaft height , and with a great noife , especially when disturbed or wounded . The eyes are no larger than those of an ox . On the back there is no fin , but on the ...
Page 45
... middle of the back . The tail a little forked , and fifteen feet from tip to tip .. The penis eight feet long . The figure plate ii . we borrowed from a print taken from the fish published by William Bingham ; after directing the tail ...
... middle of the back . The tail a little forked , and fifteen feet from tip to tip .. The penis eight feet long . The figure plate ii . we borrowed from a print taken from the fish published by William Bingham ; after directing the tail ...
Page 46
... middle of the nose was placed the fpout hole , divided in the middle , and covered with a lid , In the lower jaw were forty - two teeth , bent like a fickle , thick in the middle , and growing smaller towards each end : a fpecimen of a ...
... middle of the nose was placed the fpout hole , divided in the middle , and covered with a lid , In the lower jaw were forty - two teeth , bent like a fickle , thick in the middle , and growing smaller towards each end : a fpecimen of a ...
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alfo almoſt alſo anal fin antients Arift Arted belly Belon black ſpots BLENNY body branchioftegous rays coafts color Cyprinus Defcr deſcribed dorfo dorſal fin duſky eſteemed eyes falmon fame Faun fays fcales fecond feet feven fharp fides fifh filvery fin confifts firft firſt firſt dorſal fin fiſh fiſhermen fize flender fmall foft fome fometimes fpecies fpines fpotted fuch fuec fyft fynon Gefner pifc Genus gills Gronov Halieut head Hift Icth inches irides itſelf laft largeſt laſt lateral line length Linnæus maxilla moſt mouth muſt nofe noſe numbers obferved Oppian pectoral fins pinna placed Plinii lib Pliny pounds Raii fyn reſemblance reſpect river Rondel Salvian ſcales Schonevelde ſeaſon ſeen ſeven ſharp ſhort ſkin ſmall ſmooth ſome ſpawn ſpecies ſpines ſpiny ſtrong Syft Synon tail taken teeth themſelves theſe Theſe fiſh thofe thoſe toad uſed vaft ventral fins whale yellow Zooph