. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . as one dorsal fin withispmes bcfoK=; ventralfins supported, as in general, by some rays, the most of whach are short; sides ol tne «iicannated ; anal shorter than the dorsal fin, with sometimes free spines. 63* 750 PISCES— PISH. was long a matter of doubt, but appears now to be an ascertained fact. , when near Malta, in 1798, saw two of the pilot fish lead a sharkto a piece of bacon, which a seaman had let down by a line and hook. THE DOR
. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . as one dorsal fin withispmes bcfoK=; ventralfins supported, as in general, by some rays, the most of whach are short; sides ol tne «iicannated ; anal shorter than the dorsal fin, with sometimes free spines. 63* 750 PISCES— PISH. was long a matter of doubt, but appears now to be an ascertained fact. , when near Malta, in 1798, saw two of the pilot fish lead a sharkto a piece of bacon, which a seaman had let down by a line and hook. THE DORY, OR The form of this fish is very disgusting. Its body is oval, and muchcompressed at the sides. Its snout is long, and its mouth is wide. Thefirst back fin consists of ten spiny rays, with long filaments; the second oftwenty-four soft rays. The tail is round at the end. The color of the bodyis olive, varied with light blue and white ; while living, it has the appear-ance of gilding, whence its name Dorie (gilt). It is found in the Northsea, the British channel, the Atlantic, and the Mediterranean. THE SWORD FISHi. Is very common in the Mediterranean, and is much esteemed for food by theSicilians, who consider it as equal to the sturgeon. It is also found on thecoasts of America. It grows to a very large size, upwards of twenty feet inlength. It is of a long and rounded body, largest near the head, and taper-ing by degrees to the tail. The skin is rough, the back black, and the bellywhite. It has one fin on the back, running almost its whole length. Itnas one pair of fins also at the gills. But the most remarkable part of thisfish is the snout, which, in the upper jaw, runs out in the figure of a sword,sometimes to the length of three feet, and is of a substance like a coarseKind of ivory. The under jaw is much shorter. 1 Zeus faber, Lin. This genus is characterized by a body oval, compressed; jawsstrongly protractile; teeth crowded; spinous portions of the dorsal
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