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Page 13
... nose to the hind legs was three inches ; from thence to the end of the tail three and three quarters . Along the back was a black list ; each fide of that a brown one : then succeeded a narrow ftripe , spot- ted alternately yellow and ...
... nose to the hind legs was three inches ; from thence to the end of the tail three and three quarters . Along the back was a black list ; each fide of that a brown one : then succeeded a narrow ftripe , spot- ted alternately yellow and ...
Page 43
... nose depreffed , and of the same thickness its whole length , not unlike the beak of a bird in the mouth were no teeth , The eyes large , the eyelids fmall , and placed a little above the line of the mouth . The spout hole was on the ...
... nose depreffed , and of the same thickness its whole length , not unlike the beak of a bird in the mouth were no teeth , The eyes large , the eyelids fmall , and placed a little above the line of the mouth . The spout hole was on the ...
Page 45
... nose . The pectoral fins placed near the corners of the mouth it had no other fin , only a large protube- rance on the middle of the back . The tail a little forked , and fifteen feet from tip to tip .. The penis eight feet long . The ...
... nose . The pectoral fins placed near the corners of the mouth it had no other fin , only a large protube- rance on the middle of the back . The tail a little forked , and fifteen feet from tip to tip .. The penis eight feet long . The ...
Page 46
... 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 small one is ...
... 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 small one is ...
Page 47
... nose was mistaken by him for the latter . The teeth we have in our cabinet of this fpecies Teeth . ( plate iii . No. 4. ) are an inch and three quarters long , and in the largest part , of the thickness of one's thumb . The top is quite ...
... nose was mistaken by him for the latter . The teeth we have in our cabinet of this fpecies Teeth . ( plate iii . No. 4. ) are an inch and three quarters long , and in the largest part , of the thickness of one's thumb . The top is quite ...
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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