Natural History:

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