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"A very curious species, five sinches long, remarkable for creeping out of the water with their pectoral fins and hiding themselves in holes among the rocks, where they remain till the return of the tide; it is said they can live out of water for thirty hours, they immediately die, however, upon being put in fresh water." — Goodrich, 1859

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"A very curious species, five sinches long, remarkable for creeping out of the water with their pectoral…