. A New system of the natural history of quadrupeds, birds, fishes and insects . that it has obtained the name of fnaiLIts habitation is not properly in the lea, but about four orfive miles from the mouths of large rivers, where thewater is beginning to be fait. The body of this fpeciesis tranfparent, of about five inches in length ; and whennewly taken, the colour is pale brown f. The head is thick and round ; the mouth withoutteeth, each jaw being only a little roUgh. The apertureof the gills is fmall, covered with a valve or operculum,which fprings from the bafe of each of the perioral fins
. A New system of the natural history of quadrupeds, birds, fishes and insects . that it has obtained the name of fnaiLIts habitation is not properly in the lea, but about four orfive miles from the mouths of large rivers, where thewater is beginning to be fait. The body of this fpeciesis tranfparent, of about five inches in length ; and whennewly taken, the colour is pale brown f. The head is thick and round ; the mouth withoutteeth, each jaw being only a little roUgh. The apertureof the gills is fmall, covered with a valve or operculum,which fprings from the bafe of each of the perioral fins are very broad, thin and tranfparent; and be-low the throat, they almoft unite together. Below thethroat, there is obferved a round fpot refembling the im-preffion of a feal, the place which the animal applies tothofe fubflances to which it means to adhere. The au=.al and dorfal fins continue without interruption, till, likethofe of the eel, they meet at the tail t. * Liparis noftras. Will. Cyclopterus liparis. Lin. Will. Append. 17. (. Brit. Zool. riate X. Sea PoKciHiNKS
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