HISTORY OF MALTA.

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No. VI.

CATALOGUE

OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF

FISH

ON THE COAST OF

MALTA,

according to a learned physician of that island.*.

Cenerlcal names.

Species.

Maltese names.

Delphinus

Orca .

Del phis

. I Delfin.

Raja ,

Altavela

Torpedo

Pastinaca

. 11 Hamiema.

Aquila

i 11 Hamiema.

Batis ,

. 11 Raja.

Musmarinus (piscis

novus)

Sfjualus

Pristis

• II Sia.

Catulus

. 11 Rusetta.

Spinax

. 11 Chelp. il Bahar. est Arab. Kelh el bahr.

Zygana .Squatina

. Il Martel.

Lamia

Centrina

. Il Gabdol.

Acipenser .

Sturio

Huso

Petromyzon

Lainpetra

Mustela

. 11 Mustilla.

Lophius .

Piscatorius

* See Descriptiones Animalium, <3'C. qum in Itinere Orientali obseivavit Petrus ForskUl;page xviii. et xix. j one volume in quarto, printed at Copenhagen, with plates, 1/75.

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