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air-bladder anal fins angler angling animals appearance armed bait beautiful belly beneath Blennies boat body bones bony bottom British Fishes Carp caudal caudal fin Chaetodons cirri coast colour common compressed crustacea curious Cuvier destitute dorsal and anal dorsal fin edge Eels eyes Family feet fisheries fishermen flesh frequently fresh furnished genera genus gill-cover gills Grey Gurnard Gurnards habits head hook inches in length inhabit Labridae lateral line lengthened less LINN little fishes Mackerel marine Mediterranean membrane minute mouth Mullet muzzle naturalists nest observed operculum pectoral fins pectorals peculiar Perch Pike placed plates pointed pounds pounds weight prey rays resemble rivers round Salmon scales Sea-Bream seen Sharks shoals shores side silvery skin slender snout soft sometimes Sparida spawn species spines spinous sport spots Stickleback stomach Sub-families surface swimming tail taken teeth thick Trout upper ventrals vertical vomer voracious whole Yarrell