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Archive image from page 312 of Cuvier's animal kingdom arranged. Cuvier's animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization cuviersanimalkin00cuvi Year: 1840 ACANTIIOPTERYGII. 301 fishes with the mouth greatly projectile, and few and weak teeth, division into various subgenera. They differ mueh, and require Kig-. 137—The Dory. Zeus, the Dory, has the first dorsal deeply notched between the spines, and the intermediate membranes extend into long filaments, together with the forked spines along the bases of the dorsals and the anal. One species, the Common Dory (John Dory) is yel- lo
Archive image from page 312 of Cuvier's animal kingdom arranged. Cuvier's animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization cuviersanimalkin00cuvi Year: 1840 ACANTIIOPTERYGII. 301 fishes with the mouth greatly projectile, and few and weak teeth, division into various subgenera. They differ mueh, and require Kig-. 137—The Dory. Zeus, the Dory, has the first dorsal deeply notched between the spines, and the intermediate membranes extend into long filaments, together with the forked spines along the bases of the dorsals and the anal. One species, the Common Dory (John Dory) is yel- lowish brown, with golden or silvery refiections, according to the position of the light, with a round black spot margined with white on the shoulder. [The Dory has been a renowned fish since the days of the ancients, who styled it not the fish of Jove, but Zens, that is, Jove himself. The religious also claimed it as the 'Tribute-money-fish,' from the black marks of the thumb and fingers of St. Peter on the shoulders, in which it is the rival of the Haddock—neither of which fishes Peter had any chance of seeing. It is still held in great estimation by epicures ; and being a ground fish, it keeps two or three days, and is all the better for it.]
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