Fishes of the perch family by Jardine William Sir 1800-1874

Author:Jardine, William, Sir, 1800-1874
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820, Perch, Percidae
Publisher: Edinburgh : W.H. Lizars
Published: 1843-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

allied to this. The sub-orbitary bone only is toothed; the preopercle has a spine at the angle, and very strong teeth upon the lower surface. The first dorsal fin is higher and shorter than in Perca labrax, and the tongue is free as in the Perch. They are in general a wholesome fish, af a large size, and inhabit the rivers of the warmer parts of the old continent. Lates, now adopted for the genus, was the ancient name given to some of the species. That which we shall notice is,

UNIVERS

THE LATES OF THE NILE.

Lates Nilotieas —Cuv. et VAL. PLATE III.

Perca Niliotica, Linnaus. — Le variole du Nil, Late? Niloticus, Cuv. et Valen. Hist Nat. des Poissons, ii. p. ; 89. Keschr, or Keschere, of the Arabs.

B.7; D.7or8-U2; A.a8or9; C. 17; P. 15j V. 1.5.

THIS fine fish appears to have been known to many of the ancient writers, who agree, generally, in giving it a very large size, so far as three hundred pounds weight; this, however, is unknown at the present time, and species of a much less size are only seen. It is also universally acknowledged as one of the most delicate and best flavoured fishes of the Nile. The Lates of the Nile approaches Labrax in the absence of spines on the sub and inter-opercles, but it resembles the Perch by the single spine on the opercle, and the teeth on its sub-orbitary bone. The form, however, approaches nearest to the Perch. There are also four or five strong spines upon the super scapular bone, and five still stronger on the angle of the humerus above the pectoral fin 5 but these teeth or spines become

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