. Cuvier's animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization. Animals. Kig-. 137—The Dory. Zeus, the Dory, has the first dorsal deeply notched between the spines, and the intermediate membranes extend into long filaments, together with the forked spines along the bases of the dorsals and the anal. One species, the Common Dory (John Dory) is yel- lowish brown, with golden or silvery refiections, according to the position of the light, with a round black spot margined with white on the shoulder. [The Dory has been a renowned fish since the days of the ancients, who styled it not the fish o
. Cuvier's animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization. Animals. Kig-. 137—The Dory. Zeus, the Dory, has the first dorsal deeply notched between the spines, and the intermediate membranes extend into long filaments, together with the forked spines along the bases of the dorsals and the anal. One species, the Common Dory (John Dory) is yel- lowish brown, with golden or silvery refiections, according to the position of the light, with a round black spot margined with white on the shoulder. [The Dory has been a renowned fish since the days of the ancients, who styled it not the fish of Jove, but Zens, that is, Jove himself. The religious also claimed it as the "Tribute-money-fish," from the black marks of the thumb and fingers of St. Peter on the shoulders, in which it is the rival of the Haddock—neither of which fishes Peter had any chance of seeing. It is still held in great estimation by epicures ; and being a ground fish, it keeps two or three days, and is all the better for it.]. Capras, the Boar-fish, has the notched dorsal of the Dory, but no spines along the dorsal or anal ; it has the mouth still more projectile than the Dory, the body covered with rough scales, and the fins entirely with- out filaments. [Its flesh in little esteem.] Lampris,\\&% a single dorsal very high anteriorly, as also is the anal, which has one small spine before its base; sides of the tail with keels; ventrals and caudal lobes very long, but subject to be worn away ; colour, violet, spotted with white, and the fins red. Inhabits the Arctic seas, and grows to a large size. [In Britain it is known as the Opah, or King-fish.] Equtda. One dorsal with several spines, the fore- most occasionally long, snout much protracted, body compressed, and edges of the back and belly toothed with fins. They are small fishes, several of which inhabit the Indian Ocean, and some of them have the power of contracting the snout when at rest, and projecting it suddenly for the ca
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