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Ha b . apud Sau Bias e t Mazatlau. . . .
A verv Slidit sketch by Mr. Collie, and a brief description from his pen, furnish the only
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approximated than is usual in the genus. T h e caudal fin .s deeply forked.
I t s l e n g t h w a s about seven inches i Us breadth, one. “ Stomach, a sac. Cxca
The followin°' anatomical observations were made by M . 7 *
n um e^L s and sL a li. In.ostinai canal il.tie more than a straight tube from the tylorus to th e „ans.
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hitherto described.
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C o t t u s d i c e r a u s . Pall.
Co.,. eorpore 1 .» t ii™« Id .er.l, ire p re i ™ ™ « l i p r.ep ereuU o p r ii etongo.d l . t e r . l fi-B-.pi«,.,!.
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P LA T E XV. F IG . 2.
Cottus diceraus. P a ll, Nov. Act. Petrop. tom. l . p . 354. tab. W .fig . 7.
Cottus Stelieri. Schn., Blochii Syst. Ichth. p . 63. „
Synauoeia Cervus, Tilesius, U(m. de I'Acad. Imp. de Petersh. tom. 3. p . 278.
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Of this singula r fish three original descriptions have already appeared; the earl.est was by
accompany the t« o former P possessed the opportunity of giving it
would have been unnecessary again to represent L “ an w j Tilesiu s,
“ colour above a d u s k y b r o w n ; beneath, a yellowish clay.’ - C .
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