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them, about five or six inches in length, was taken with a line ; 

 the other, from which my description was taken, was thrown on 

 shore in a storm. It measured fifteen inches in length, an inch 

 and a quarter in depth of the deepest part, including the dorsal 

 and anal fins, and was very thin; but the smaller specimen 

 above alluded to was nearly round. It tapered both in depth 

 and thickness toward the tail. The angle of the mouth was 

 much depressed, which caused the under jaw to appear the 

 longest; both were armed with long and sharp teeth. The 

 eyes were large, and the head short before them. The dorsal 

 fin was twelve inches in length, and had seventy rays ; the anal 

 fin was eleven inches long, and had sixty rays ; the tail distinct, 

 spear-shaped, of twelve rays, the middle rays being two inches 

 long, and ending in a point, and the rays at the sides not exceed- 

 ing a fourth of that length. The ventral fins were pointed, and 

 fastened to the body for about half their length by a fine mem- 

 brane. Beside the lateral line there was a row of small bony 

 prominences near the dorsal fin. The colour was a diluted red. 

 From the inspection of several specimens, I am inclined to think 

 that this ought to be ranked as a Jugular Fish." 



Gj/mnetrus Hawkenii, Bloch, ceilconin ; Gobius Aphya, 

 spotted goby ; G, nigery rockfish ; Cottus sobio, bull-head ; 

 Zeus Faber, doree : Pleuronectes Hipposlossus, holibut ; P. rAom- 

 boides, kite ; P. punctatuSf whiff; P, Rhombus, pearl; P. megaS' 

 toma ? Don, carter, or lanternfish. 



Ch(Etodon, — " Only one species of this genus has come within 

 my notice. This was taken at Looe, swimming alive on the 

 surface of the water, in August, 1821 ; and as I have not been 

 able to refer it to any described species, I subjoin a description. 



" It was about seventeen inches long, and, exclusive of the 

 dorsal fin, five inches and a half deep ; the snout was blunt, 

 sloping suddenly above the eyes ; the angle of the mouth 

 depressed ; the teetli, numerous, sharp, incurved, four in front of 

 the under jaw very long ; the body deep, thin ; two dorsal fins, 

 the first having flexible rays, the second long and narrow ; tail 

 very deeply lunated ; the pectorals long ; the ventrals double, or 

 having a wing, by which means it seemed to have four ventral 

 fins ; the anal fleshy, and somewhat expanded at the origin, 

 obscure in its progress towards the tail ; no lateral line ; a broad 

 band from eye to eye ; the colour blue, deeper on the back than 

 on the belly ; covered with large scales, as well the body as the 

 fins, so that the dorsals and anals seem hke an extension of the 

 body, I was unable to count the rays of the dorsal fins." 



Sparus Smaris, bream ; *S. Pagrus, becker ; S, Vetula, C. 

 oldwife : — " Although the Enghsh name here given to a species 

 of Sparus is applied by naturalists to one of a different genus, 

 yet 1 am obliged to use it to designate a fish presently to be 

 described, as it is the only one which our fishermen make use 

 of. The body is deep, compressed, and has a considerable 



