. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. SUCKIXQ-FISU. —Edmiii Hmom. caught The flesli is thought to be very good, and is said to resemble that of the eel, but Without its richness. ' The colour of this .species is dusky brown, darker on the bac!. than en the abdomen. I ic tnis are ( arkcr than the body, and are of a dense leatheiy consistence. The length (j1 tins hsh seldom exceeds eight inches. TnKRK arc about ten species of Sucking-fishes known, of which the Siiieldkd Sucking- wm ^Ju-hcms
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. SUCKIXQ-FISU. —Edmiii Hmom. caught The flesli is thought to be very good, and is said to resemble that of the eel, but Without its richness. ' The colour of this .species is dusky brown, darker on the bac!. than en the abdomen. I ic tnis are ( arkcr than the body, and are of a dense leatheiy consistence. The length (j1 tins hsh seldom exceeds eight inches. TnKRK arc about ten species of Sucking-fishes known, of which the Siiieldkd Sucking- wm ^Ju-hcms scutata) is perhaps the most remnrkabl This .species mav be at once recngnised by the very great size of the disc, and its le, ,4h being nearly one-half that of the body. At the portion of the disc the lamMuc are wanting, and its surface is smooth. Ibis species attains to considerable din -ions, a fine specimen in the British .\Iuseum being nearly two feet in length. TiiK well-known .buix DoEV, so dear to epicures, is found in the British seas and is trcHUently seen in tin- li- .mongers' shops, where its peculiar shape .sehlom fails of attractinc attention even Irom those who are not likely to purchase it or even to have seen it on ilie tahlc. Thename of John Dory is thought to be a corruption of the French name jauw doree a itle given to the fish on account of the gilded ycll„w which decorates its body, it was called by he because they it to be the king of eatable iisii; and the name ol laber, or , has been earned bv the ..mokv tints wliich cloud Its back. Ihe dark and spots on the side are thought in many places to b unprmted on t!,e fish as a memorial „r the honour conibrred upon its ancesli in times past, wiicn ht, Icter took the tnbute-nKuiey from tlie moutii of the Dory, and left the T 2 I. .Mtl^ Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally
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