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Identifier: naturalhistoryof04buff (find matches)
Title: Natural history of birds, fish, insects, and reptiles
Year: 1808 (1800s)
Authors: Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-1788
Subjects: Natural history Birds Fishes Entomology
Publisher: London, Printed for the Proprietor and sold by H. D. Symonds
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bodyoblong; the head small ; teeth slender andbending; the fins covering tlie gills with five orsix spines; the fins of the bacli and anus scaly. 15. The Sciaiia. The body nearly ellipti-cal ; the head bevel; the covers ol the finsscaly; the fin covering the giils with six rays;the fins of the back jagged, and hidden in afurrow in the back. 16. The Perch. The body oblong; thehead bevel; the covers of the gills scaly andtoothed ; the fin covering the gills with sevenspines ; the fins in some jagged. If. The Scorpcciia, or Father-laslwr, Thebody oblong; the head great, with beards ; thecovers of the gills armed with prickles; thefin covering the gills with seven spines. 18. The MuUus, or Surmulet, The bodyclender ; the head almost four-cornered; thefin covering the gills with three spines; someof these have beards ; a fish highly prized bythe Romans, and still considered as a verygreat delicacy. 19. The Trigla, or the Gurnard. The bodyslender; the head nearly four-cornered, and covered
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OT Binns, f i«H, &c. 125 covered with a bony coat; the fin covering thegills v^^ith seven spines ; the pectoral and ven-tral fins, strengthened with additional musclesand bones, and very large for the animals size. 20. The Cijttus, or Bull-head. The bodywedge-like; the head flat and broader than tliebody; the lin covering the gills with six spines;the head furnished with prickles, knobs, andbeards. 21. The Zeus or Doree. The body ob-long ; tlie head large, and bevel; the fin cover-ing the gills with seven rays ; the fins jagged;the upper jaw with a loose floating skin de-pending into the mouth. 22. The Trachipterus, ox Sabre, The bodysword-like; the head bevel; the fin coveringthe gills with six spines; the lateral linestmight; the scales in a single order ; a looseskin in both the jaws. 23. The Gasterosteus, or Siicklehack, Thebody broadest towards the tail; the head ob-long ; the fin covering the gills with threespines ; prickles starting backward before theback fins and the fi

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