History of British animals - University of Guam Marine Laboratory

Sci.ena. FISHES. ACANTHOPT. 213142. P.Jhiviatilis.Common Perch.— Opercle with one spine:the first dorsal fin longer than the second.Perca, Merr. Pin. 190. Sibb. Scot. 25—P. fluv. Will. Ich. 291. Linn.Syst. i. 481. Penn. Brit. Zoo\. iii. 254—In lakes and pools.Length about a foot. Back arched, greenish-black, sides with five transverseblack bands ; belly reddish-white, ventral, anal, and caudal fins, red.Irides 1. golden. D. li, 2. D. ]*, P. 12, V. |, A. §. Tail lunate. Spawnsin June—This fish is occasionally found in estuaries, having been carried byfloods from its ordinary haunts.143. P. Labrax. Basse.— Opercle with two spines: dorsalfins of equal length.Lupus Rondeletii, Will. Ich. 271—Perca Lab. Linn. Syst.i. 482. Penn.Brit. Zool. iii. 257. Don. Brit. Fishes, t. xliii.—On the coast, and inestuaries, not frequent.Length 18 inches. Body oblong, bluish-black above, silvery below. Nostrilswith two continuous circular openings. Irides clouded silvery. 1. D. 9,2. D. Vi P. 18, V. i, A. 'gS C. 18, slightlyforked. Stomach with a processand three pyloric caeca ; intestine with one fold.Gen. LXXIII. SCIjENA.—Snout produced, scaly. Preopercledentated, opercle spinous.144. Aquila.— S. Scales large, oblique, silvery: dorsal, pectoral,and ventral fins, red.Cuv. Regne An. ii. 298—Perca Vanloo, Risso, Ich. Nice. p. 298. t. UC.f. 30—Zetland.Length above 3 feet. Nose rounded ; jaws equal. Teeth separate, sharp,hooked. Irides golden. 1st D. 10, 2d 27; P. 17; V. i ; A. f ; c. 20. Theanal fin is small, and the tail is even. M. Cuvier states, that the air-bag islarge, with numerous lateral processes.—A specimen of this fish, caughtoff' Uyea in Northmavine, Zetland, in November 1819, and which was sentto Mr Neill in 1820, is the only example of its appearance on our shores.This specimen was 5 feet 4 inches in length lateral line :nearly straight, andat its termination at the tail forming a strong central scaly ray in that organ.Scales on the back large, 3 to 4 inches in circumference ; of an irregulartrapezoidal form, set on obliquely to the axis of the body. It was first observedby the fishermen endeavouring to escape from a seal. When takeninto the boat, it made its usual purring sort of noise. Mr Neill has recorded,(Edin. New Phil. Journ. No. I.) some notices respecting the capture, andthe appearances exhibited by the specimen, which came into his possession intoo mutilated a state to permit him to give its characters in detail. It iscommon in the Mediterranean. Is this the fish referred to by Mr Couch asthe Stone Basse, which approaches the shores of Cornwall, following pieces ofwood covered with Bernacles?— Linn. Trans, xiv. 81.Gen. LXXIV. TRACHINUS. Weaver.— Body lengthened;head compressed. 1 spine on the opercle; 2 infront of the eye:dorsal and anal fins long.145. T. Draco. Common Weaver. — Pectorals and tailrounded. Head ascending.