A Catechism of Ichthyology Being a Familiar Introduction to the Natural History
A Catechism of Ichthyology Being a Familiar Introduction to the Natural History
William Pinnock
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It is a native of the Indian seas, and measures twelve or fifteen inches in length. , abJ ICHTHYOLOGY. 43 CHAPTER X. Of Prickly-Jinned Abdominal Fish. Q. What are the principal genera in the class of Prickly-finned Abdominal Fish ? A. The principal genera in this class are 1. Silurus ; 2. Mugil; 3, Polynemus; 4. Elops. Q. What species compose the genus Silurus ? A. The genus Silurus, contains twenty-eight species, all of which have large depressed heads, wide mouths, bearded by long tentacula, ...body without scales. Silurus glaris is the most remark- tie of this genus. Q. Describe Silurus glaris. A. Silurus glaris, the European Silure, is, next Accipenser Huso, the largest of river fish, mea- suring sometimes fifteen feet, and weighing three hundred pounds. In general, however, it does not exceed three feet ; it for the most part conti- nues inactive in the mud at the bottom of the river, where, by waving its tenticula, or beard, which the smaller fishes mistake for worms, it en- tices its prey within reach, seizes and devours them.
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