 | Richard Brookes - 1766 - 332 pages
...efpecially when full grown, is yellowifh ; the Scales are large, the Head fhort, and like that of a Tench ; the Mouth is of a middle Size ; the Lips fat, flefhy,...Mouth, are two yellow Appendages, which may be called Muftachios, from their Situation. The Fins are large ; the Tail is broad, a little forked, and of a... | |
 | Samuel Ward - 1776 - 410 pages
...middling fize, with fat flefliy yellow lips. It has no teeth ih the jaws or on the tongue, but it has a triangular bone in the palate, and two other bones in the throat, which anfwer the purpofe of teeth. It has a (ingle barb on each fide of the mouth, and another above thofe... | |
 | Richard Brookes - Fishing - 1781 - 328 pages
...efpecially when full grown, is yellowifh;. the Scales are large, the Head fjiort, and like that of a Tench ; the Mouth is of a middle Size ; the Lips fat, flefhy,...of the Mouth* are two yellow Appendages, which may he called Muftachios, from their Situation. The Fins are large; the Tail is broad, a little forked,... | |
 | Thomas Shirley - Fishing - 1784 - 162 pages
...yellowifh ; the feales are large, the head Ihort and like that of a tench ; the mouth is of a middle fize ; the lips. fat, flefhy, and yellow, It is without teeth...the palate, and two other bones in the throat, which ferrc for the fame purpofe. On the upper lip, near the corner of the mouth, are two yellow appendages,... | |
 | William Carpenter (angler.) - 1848 - 172 pages
...appendages, forming a sort of dropping mustachio. The carp has no teeth, but the lack of them is supplied by a triangular bone in the palate, and two other bones in the throat. It is the least carnivorous of fish, feeding chiefly on seeds, the roots of plants, and, as some think,... | |
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Head fhort, and like that of a Tench ; the Mouth is of a middle Size ; the Lips fat, flefhy, and yellow. It is without Teeth, but there is a triangular Bone in the Palate, and two other Bones in the Throat, which ferve for the fame Purpofe. On the upper... 