Sea-pike

Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 9: Bound to Swansea, p. 281

Sea-pike (Centropomus undecimalis), an edible American fish, occurring on the Florida and Texas coasts. The genus includes several somewhat pike-like fishes, at home in the warm American seas, though often thriving in fresh water. In reality they are allied to the perches, not to the pikes. On British coasts the term sea-pike is sometimes applied to the garfish or Belone.

A detailed scientific illustration of a Sea-mouse (Aphrodite aculeata). The creature is shown from a dorsal perspective, appearing as an elongated, oval-shaped worm. Its entire body is densely covered with fine, hair-like bristles or setae. The head at the anterior end is slightly broader and features two small, dark, pointed tentacles or bristles. The body tapers slightly towards the posterior end. The illustration is rendered in a fine-line, stippled style typical of 19th-century scientific publications.
Sea-mouse
(Aphrodite aculeata).
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