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Title: The illustrated natural history (microform)
Identifier: cihm_50039 (find matches)
Year: 1863 (1860s)
Authors: Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889
Subjects: Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles
Publisher: London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge
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WALKING-FISH.-^ nkr.ndrius hUpidu oxceodingly Wide, some species ranging over the Atlantic and Indian Oceans- and the learned ichthyologi. above mentioned is of oi)inion that many specimens whicii he has a? K\it'LrXariet£s"'"' ""' "" '' "' ''''' ^P^^^^^' ^^" ^^ ultimately fo^d The colour of this species is yellow, diversiiied with many spots and streaks of brown The important family of the Blennies comes next in order. They are all carnivorous fishes many being extremely voracious, and are .spread over the shores of every sea on the globe. They mostly reside on or near the bottom ^ nf flil!'fifm 7-?^\^t ' '^'"i-"' â ';^^'^^^'J^-»^^"' is one of the fiercest and most formidable by ^1^7^'^^:^ " ^'"' "^ "" '""^' ^'-^^ ^^â¢Â«d the popular Tmes â '^'T ^f'? ^yolf possesses a terrible armature of teeth, not only in the iaws but nvvs^n^n^ :n a doubk band on the palate, and by means of these powerfu ^^Cons caTcru h ;v.th ease the hard-shelled nudluscs and crustaceans on which it feeds As may be een from the engraving, the aspc-ct of th. 3ea Wolf is far from prepossessing hslSce head Ml>e anned jaw.s, strong and cruel as those of the tiger^r hyaena, fnd the smooth sijiue-covercd skm, giving it a most rcpulsivi- aspect. smootn, leâ.!th";nVfiri?i"' ""'.'(f^ ^«P«^ially when it is small, not more than two feet in V i 1 !? ' 'T'^ ^'>' competent udges to be de.ndedlv excellent. In order to a OKI di,.gu.singt^he purchaser with its ugly looks, the head is mostly removed and the kin stripped of bc.fore it is exposed for sale. The skin, though not liandsome has fet Its us.>s, lor It IS strong, flexible, and durable, and is made into ba-s and i ocket' tha lequire peculiar strength of fabric. ° pocKets that The Sea Wolf is sometimes taken with the hook, but is mostly found ontanrrled in the ;;SteV"; rif7;"t'"u "'..r^^'-f^- ^' struggles'violentlv as loon as â 'lonves theJoss of its liberty. It will tear the nets to pieces with its'tecth and wl-Pn Wulal out of the water, it still flounces aboi.t with such v5gour, and bites at cv'/objS

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