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CHUVI.ERID.E. 



peculiar to the males only, and has given rise to the name of 

 King-fish, applied to it by the Norwegians ; who also call it 

 Gold and Silver Fish, in reference to its beautiful colours: 

 these are various shades of rich brown on a shining white 

 ground. The eyes are large and brilliant ; the pupils green, 

 the irides white. 



This fish was first made known by Gesner. 



The first representation here given is that of a male fish, 

 and was taken from one of two views of this fish forming the 

 subjects of the fifth and sixth plates in the second volume of 

 Natural History Memoirs of Drontheim. The second figure 

 is that of a female, and is derived from the Fauna Italica of 

 C. L. Bonaparte, Prince of Canino : this species is therefore 

 found in the Mediterranean. The final vignette, also from 



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the Memoirs of Drontheim, represents the abdominal osseous 

 plates with their spines, the under surface of the ventral fins, 

 and the pedunculated claspers peculiar to the males. 



