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in each jaw, pointed and curved, with a few smaller ones 

 among those of the lower jaw, and a row of smaller ones 

 behind those of the upper jaw ; the eye placed high up on 

 the head, distant about twice its own diameter from the 

 end of the nose ; and the nostrils pierced in a line between 

 these two points, but nearer the eye. In three of the speci- 

 mens I had opportunities of examining, the serrations of the 

 preoperculum were nearly obliterated, probably by age : the 

 fin-rays were in number 



D. 9 1 + 27 : P. 16 : V. 1 + 5 : A. 1 + 8 : C. 17. 



but the membranes of the fins and the tail were very much 

 worn : the lateral line is parallel to the line of the back 

 throughout its length. When quite fresh, the colour of the 

 body is a uniform greyish silver, slightly inclining to brown 

 on the back, and lightest on the belly ; but after keeping 

 some days, the whole body became much darker. All the 

 fins were reddish brown ; the first dorsal, the pectoral, and 

 ventral fins, rather more red than the others. The swim- 

 ming-bladder in this species is peculiar, being fringed all 

 round its edge. The figure of it here added is from the 

 work of Cuvier and Valenciennes, before referred to. 



