Volume 1

The history of British fishes / [Robert Hamilton].

  • Hamilton, Robert, M.D.
Date:
[1876]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The history of British fishes / [Robert Hamilton]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    feeds more on marine vegetables, upon which ifc becomes exceedingly fat. It enters harbours, and is frequently taken by anglers : he has never known it to assemble in shoals, and it is seldom taken of a small size. Colonel Montague informs us it is no less common than the Red Bream, and is considered of less value; Cuvier and Valenciennes remark that its flesh is firm and well-tasted.