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9.36 CHAP. 36. (20.)—CLASSIFICATION OF FISHES, ACCORDING TO THE SHAPE OF THE BODY.

Some sea-fish are flat, such, for instance, as the rhombus, [Note] the sole, [Note] and the sea-sparrow; [Note] which last only differs from

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the rhombus in the lateral position of the body. The rhombus lies with the right side upwards, [Note] while in the sea-sparrow the left side is uppermost. Some sea-fish, again, are long, as the muræna and the conger.



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