River Fish and Pond Fish.
Pisces Fluviatiles & Lacustres.
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A _Fish_ hath _Fins_, 1.
with which it swimmeth,
and _Gills_, 2.
by which it taketh breath,
_Piscis_ habet _Pinnas_, 1.
quibus natat;
& _Branchias_, 2.
quibus respirat;
and _Prickles_
instead of bones: besides
the _Male_ hath a _Milt_,
and the _Female_ a _Row_.
& _Spinas_
loco ossium: præterea,
_Mas Lactes_,
_Fœmina Ova_.
Some have _Scales_.
as the _Carp_, 3.
and the _Luce_ or _Pike_, 4.
Quidam habent _Squamas_,
ut _Carpio_, 3.
_Lucius_, (Lupus) 4.
Some are sleek
as the _Eel_, 5.
and the _Lamprey_, 6.
Alii sunt glabri,
ut, _Anguilla_, 5.
_Mustela_, 6.
The _Sturgeon_, 7.
having a sharp snout,
groweth beyond
the length of a Man.
_Accipenser_ (Sturio), 7.
mucronatus,
crescit ultra
longitudinem viri.
The _Sheath-fish_, 8.
having wide Cheeks,
is bigger than he:
_Silurus_, 8.
bucculentus,
major illo est:
But the greatest,
is the _Huson_, 9.
Sed maximus
_Antaseus_ (Huso,) 9.
_Minews_, 10.
swimming by shoals,
are the least.
_Apuæ_, 10.
natantes gregatim,
sunt minutissimæ.
Others of this sort are
the _Perch_, the _Bley_,
the _Barbel_,
Alii hujus generis sunt
_Perca_, _Alburnus_,
_Mullus_, (Barbus)
the _Esch_, the _Trout_,
the _Gudgeon_,
and _Trench_, 11.
_Thymallus_, _Trutta_,
_Gobius_,
_Tinca_, 11.
The _Crab-fish_, 12.
is covered with a shell,
and it hath _Claws_, and crawleth
forwards and backwards.
_Cancer_, 12.
tegitur crusta,
habetque _chelas_, & graditur
porro & retrò.
The _Horse-leech_, 13.
sucketh blood.
_Hirudo_, 13.
sugit sanguinem.