. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . s a fish of an elegant form;is generally found by the seashores, where it roots like a hog, in the sandor mud, and it is so active, that it frequently escapes, by leaping out of theflshermens nets. The head is almost square, and is flat at the top. It hasno teeth, only in the upper lip is a small roughness. The tail is muchforked. The color of the back is dusky, marked with blue and green. Thesides silvery, marked with dusky lines, reaching from the head to the
. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . s a fish of an elegant form;is generally found by the seashores, where it roots like a hog, in the sandor mud, and it is so active, that it frequently escapes, by leaping out of theflshermens nets. The head is almost square, and is flat at the top. It hasno teeth, only in the upper lip is a small roughness. The tail is muchforked. The color of the back is dusky, marked with blue and green. Thesides silvery, marked with dusky lines, reaching from the head to the belly is silvery. 1 Daurada auratus. The genus Daurada has the head compressed; jaws slightlyextensible, with four or six conical teeth in one row ; the others flat. s$fiiinl cephalus, Lin. The genus Mugil has the head depressed, broad, and scaly;ventral Tins under the abdomen ; and two snort dorsal fins; mouth with fleshy and crenn-lated lips; lower jaw with a carination in the middle, entering into a corresponding groovein the upper; no teeth; bronchial membrane with three rays. 748 PISCES-PERCH^.MACKEREL. THE PERCHi. Is a gregarious fish, and loves deep holes, and gentle streams. It is a mostvoracious fish and eager biter ; if the angler meets with a shoal of them, heis sure of taking every one. It is a common notion, that the pike will notattack this fish, being fearful of the spiny fins which the perch erects on theapproach of the former. This may be true in respect to large fish; but it iswell known the small ones are the most tempting bait that can be laid forthe pike. The perch is a fish very tenacious of life ; we have known them carriednear sixty miles in dry straw, and yet survive the journey. These fishseldom grow to a large size. THE
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