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342. TRAVELS IN UPPER
them, and they make no more impression on the
finger than the teeth of a fine file. The upper
jaw is moveable, so that the fish ran protrude or
retract it at pleasure. The nostrils are small and
oblong. The eyes are large: and the bone of
the head projects over each eye, forming a border,
or bony eyebrow.
The scales are large, advancing on the head
beyond the anterior angle of the eye. The colour
of the body is white, with broad blackish bands
descending from the back to the belly, and grow-
ing lighter as they descend. Some tints of red and
blue, on the sides of the head, enliven the general
dulness of its hue. The iris of the eye is of a golden
colour. The fins, in general gray, are diversified
with blackish stripes and spots. The plate given
in this work, and the description of Hasselquitz,
render it unnecessary for me to mention any
farther particulars of its figure.
On opening this fish I did not find any air-blad-
der. Probably it lives at the bottom of the water,
for its stomach was filled with a quantity of
greenish matter, much resembling the moss that
grows on mud. I found likewise in its stomach a
worm seventeen lines long, with a round body,
terminating in a point at each end, of a dirty
white colour, with a few reddish tint*.
The
them, and they make no more impression on the
finger than the teeth of a fine file. The upper
jaw is moveable, so that the fish ran protrude or
retract it at pleasure. The nostrils are small and
oblong. The eyes are large: and the bone of
the head projects over each eye, forming a border,
or bony eyebrow.
The scales are large, advancing on the head
beyond the anterior angle of the eye. The colour
of the body is white, with broad blackish bands
descending from the back to the belly, and grow-
ing lighter as they descend. Some tints of red and
blue, on the sides of the head, enliven the general
dulness of its hue. The iris of the eye is of a golden
colour. The fins, in general gray, are diversified
with blackish stripes and spots. The plate given
in this work, and the description of Hasselquitz,
render it unnecessary for me to mention any
farther particulars of its figure.
On opening this fish I did not find any air-blad-
der. Probably it lives at the bottom of the water,
for its stomach was filled with a quantity of
greenish matter, much resembling the moss that
grows on mud. I found likewise in its stomach a
worm seventeen lines long, with a round body,
terminating in a point at each end, of a dirty
white colour, with a few reddish tint*.
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