. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. ^'^.: ;omparatively cold it the M-holo of its xtreniely variable, i in the trawl oi' be found. There it approaches tlie :ncc it can only lie xvks, the changing , but to the eii'ects scales happen iKit )ink, passing into igiludinal stripes; l)art of this tish is tie is necessaryâ I' the transparent (1 to be organs of. ^/^i^pyC ',ici« trifiiHcUitiis. touch, as they are w(d' r ,â â 'â hed with nerves, extremely sensitive, and ma
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. ^'^.: ;omparatively cold it the M-holo of its xtreniely variable, i in the trawl oi' be found. There it approaches tlie :ncc it can only lie xvks, the changing , but to the eii'ects scales happen iKit )ink, passing into igiludinal stripes; l)art of this tish is tie is necessaryâ I' the transparent (1 to be organs of. ^/^i^pyC ',ici« trifiiHcUitiis. touch, as they are w(d' r ,â â 'â hed with nerves, extremely sensitive, and may aid the fish in distuiguishing one substance from another under dark overhangint-' rocks, where the eyes would be of no service. They are composed of long muscular fii)res, covered with skin and .strengtliened by a single cartilaginous ray that passes along the centre. The average weight of the Surnnillet is about two pounds, and its ordinary len"tli eighteen inches. ° Anothek species of this genus, the Plain Rf,d-:\Iiillet {JLi/lus bnrbdtusX has occasionally been taken on the British coasts, where, however, it seems to be of very rare occm'rence. In general liabits it closely resembles tlie preceding species, but may be distinguished trom that fish by the almost vertical line of the head, which rises abruptly fromthe^'muzzle to the eyes, and by the dillerent colouring. In the Plain lied-lNlullet the back is lio-ht pnik, the sides ami part of tlui alidomen dark red, and there is a single yellow streak below the lateral line. A extensive genus belonging to the present familv cannot be passed over without some notice, as it contains many fish which are remarkable for their f(u-m and colouring, if not for their habits or utilities. The :\ is a native of the Tndian and Polynesian Seas and has been taken off the coasts of China, Amlioyna, Celebes, Ceylon, 'and India, 'it is an extremely variable .species, so much so indeed that it has
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