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Skull of a Fish

A Fish (Sucker) caught near the capes of Delaware

A large Catfish Skin

devil

Sharksteeth & a vertebra, found in digging a well, 90 feet below the surfaces in the yard of the Penitentiary in Richmond Virginia

swod

A large sword fish, Xephias gladius of Linneus, in the West Indies, commonly called the Ballaou

Un Scie de Poisson de 2 pieds de long ayant 17 dents de chaque côté fort frais & bien preservé
Trans.: A 2-foot long saw fish with 17 teeth on each side very fresh and well preserved

lepturus

Trichiurus Lepturus

Ray, caught south of the Delaware Capes

A bone 7 inches long 1/2 broad at the part that join a fragment which appears to be part of a Scull

smooth-head scorpionfish

Scorpius, or sea scorpion

Jaw of a fish from the Sea Shore at black point

3 specimens of American Smelt. (Salmo Eperlanus)

Backfin Bone of a Fish

saw fish

A large Saw-fish