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rays of the dorsal and anal fins are numerous, but the soft- 

 ness of these and the thickness of the investing skin hinder 

 them from being counted with exactness : the edges of the 

 dorsal, anal fin, and tail, are white ; the rest dusky: the pec- 

 toral fins are rounded, broad, and of a brown colour; the 

 ventrals small, thick, and fleshy, ending in points ; the body 

 to the vent is roundish ; the belly from the throat growing 

 suddenly very prominent, continuing so to the vent, where it 

 becomes smaller to the tail ; behind the vent the body is 

 pretty much compressed : the colour of the head is dusky ; 

 the back and sides yellow, which becoming lighter by degrees, 

 is lost in the white of the belly ; the lateral line is scarcely 

 discernible, but runs nearer the back than the belly, till to- 

 wards the middle of the fish, in its passage backwards, it 

 curves a little downwards, and runs straight to the tail." 

 The fin-rays, according to Mr. Donovan, are 



D. 49 : P. 21 : V. 5 : A. 37 : C. 35. 

 The vignette represents a fishing-boat of Cadiz Bay. 



