A Natural History of the Globe: Of Man, of Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Insects, and Plants, Volume 4Gray & Bowen, 1831 |
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... bearded Cods - The Haddock - The Whiting Pout- The BibThe Poor - The Coal Fish - The Pollock - The Whiting - The Hake - The Ling - The Burbot - The Blenny -The Crested and Viviparous Blenny - The Butterfly Fish- The iv CONTENTS .
... bearded Cods - The Haddock - The Whiting Pout- The BibThe Poor - The Coal Fish - The Pollock - The Whiting - The Hake - The Ling - The Burbot - The Blenny -The Crested and Viviparous Blenny - The Butterfly Fish- The iv CONTENTS .
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... Viviparous Blenny - The Butterfly Fish- The Star - gazer - Thoracic Fishes - The Goby , or Rock Fish- The Remora , or Sucking Fish - The Bullhead - The Miller's Thumb -- The Pogge - The Flying Scorpana - The Doree ยท The Opah -- The ...
... Viviparous Blenny - The Butterfly Fish- The Star - gazer - Thoracic Fishes - The Goby , or Rock Fish- The Remora , or Sucking Fish - The Bullhead - The Miller's Thumb -- The Pogge - The Flying Scorpana - The Doree ยท The Opah -- The ...
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... viviparous ; for , on crushing one that was just taken , hundreds of very minute young ones were observed to crawl about . THE HIPPOCAMPUS , WHICH , from the form of its head , some call the Sea Horse , never exceeds nine inches in ...
... viviparous ; for , on crushing one that was just taken , hundreds of very minute young ones were observed to crawl about . THE HIPPOCAMPUS , WHICH , from the form of its head , some call the Sea Horse , never exceeds nine inches in ...
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... viviparous . They are extremely voracious , and very destructive to the fry of fish . No fish lives so long out of water as the Eel ; it is ex- tremely tenacious of life , and its parts will move a consider- able time after they are ...
... viviparous . They are extremely voracious , and very destructive to the fry of fish . No fish lives so long out of water as the Eel ; it is ex- tremely tenacious of life , and its parts will move a consider- able time after they are ...
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... viviparous , and brings forth two or three hundred at a time . These are very common at the mouth of the Eske , at Whitby , in Yorkshire , England . THE BUTTERFLY - FISH . THIS fish , which is a species of Blenny , has a long , large ...
... viviparous , and brings forth two or three hundred at a time . These are very common at the mouth of the Eske , at Whitby , in Yorkshire , England . THE BUTTERFLY - FISH . THIS fish , which is a species of Blenny , has a long , large ...
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