. A New system of the natural history of quadrupeds, birds, fishes and insects . SMKAR DAB. THE DOREE. JiO^ Section VII, Genus XXX[.—27-^ Dene », X HIS fpecles is In all parts of an equal thlcknefs ; thel>odj is extremely deep, and ftrongly compreired lateral-ly; fo that in fliape it refenibles the flounder; but fwimsere6l, and not on the fide. The head is fiat laterally ;the mouth immoderately large, being, together with thehead, bigger than the body. The eyes correfpond in fizc■^vith the head j the pupil large and protuberant, and theiridcs yellow. It js fuiliciently diilinguiflied from e
. A New system of the natural history of quadrupeds, birds, fishes and insects . SMKAR DAB. THE DOREE. JiO^ Section VII, Genus XXX[.—27-^ Dene », X HIS fpecles is In all parts of an equal thlcknefs ; thel>odj is extremely deep, and ftrongly compreired lateral-ly; fo that in fliape it refenibles the flounder; but fwimsere6l, and not on the fide. The head is fiat laterally ;the mouth immoderately large, being, together with thehead, bigger than the body. The eyes correfpond in fizc■^vith the head j the pupil large and protuberant, and theiridcs yellow. It js fuiliciently diilinguiflied from everyother fifli, by the round black fpot on each fide, of abouttlie fize of a fixpence ; a circumflance from which fuperfli-tion has made the doree a rival to the haddock, for thi^honour of St. Pet£rs touch, when he took the tribute-money from its mo\ith, by leaving on its fides thofe in-conteHiblc proofs of the identity of the fillj, the marks ofthat Apollles finger and thumb f. But if we arc to believe the annals of Ignorance antjcredulity, the doree may claim a ftili more ancie
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