. British fresh water fishes. Fishes -- Great Britain. pN THE y^VON, SrREN3HA\\ Oid,r T. A CANTHOPTERVGIl. Family PERCID.^. G^ ^t ^UFFE OR ^;gOPE {Acerina ci-nuta.) Cernua fluviatUis, Perca jluviat. genus minus, Perca cernua, vulgaris, Aspro, Gesner, De Acjuatil. p. iqi; \Vili,ughi;v, p. 33+. Gesner, p. 701. LiNXyEus; Bloch, pi. 53, f- 2. Cuv. ET Valenc, iii. p.+, pi. 41 ; , Brit. Fish., i. p. i; Gunthek's Cat. i. 72. Couch, Fish. Brit. Isles, i. p. 193, pi. +1. Characters 0/ the Genus Acerixa.—"Seven branchiostegals. All the teeth villiform, without canines: no
. British fresh water fishes. Fishes -- Great Britain. pN THE y^VON, SrREN3HA\\ Oid,r T. A CANTHOPTERVGIl. Family PERCID.^. G^ ^t ^UFFE OR ^;gOPE {Acerina ci-nuta.) Cernua fluviatUis, Perca jluviat. genus minus, Perca cernua, vulgaris, Aspro, Gesner, De Acjuatil. p. iqi; \Vili,ughi;v, p. 33+. Gesner, p. 701. LiNXyEus; Bloch, pi. 53, f- 2. Cuv. ET Valenc, iii. p.+, pi. 41 ; , Brit. Fish., i. p. i; Gunthek's Cat. i. 72. Couch, Fish. Brit. Isles, i. p. 193, pi. +1. Characters 0/ the Genus Acerixa.—"Seven branchiostegals. All the teeth villiform, without canines: no teeth on the palatine bones or on the tontjiie. One dorsal, with thirteen to nineteen spines; the anal fin with two; operculum and prcBoperculum spiniferous. Mucifcrous channels of the bones of the skull ver_v developed. Scales rather ; GiJNTHER. THE Ruffe, Jack Ruffe, Daddy Ruffe, or Pope, as this fish is called, does not appear to be noticed anywhere in the writings of the ancient Greeks and Romans. According to Cuvier, the learned Dr. John Caius (born 1510) first discovered this fish, and sent a figure of it to Gesner, who published it. Gesner, however, knew of the existence of the Ruffe from. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Houghton, W. (William), 1828-1895; Lydon, A. F. (Alexander Francis), 1836-1917, ill. London [etc. ] : W. Mackenzie
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