PENNANTS GLOBE-FISH 



there are no ventral fins ; the dorsal fin is placed low on the 

 back ; the anal fin is opposite ; the tail almost even, divided 

 by an angular projection in the middle. 



The number of fin-rays according to Mr. Donovan 



D. 11 : P. 14 : A. 10 : C. 6. 



The back is of a rich blue colour ; the belly and sides 

 silvery white, studded over with straight spines arising from 

 the centre of four rays ; the fins and tail brown. The spines 

 in Pennant's representation of this fish are not so thickly set 

 as in the figure of Mr. Donovan, or in the drawing by Dr. 

 Boase ; but the space over which they are spread is alike in 

 all three, that is, bounded superiorly by the lower jaw and 

 the base of the pectoral fin, and posteriorly by the anal 

 aperture. 



