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out, put into water, and thus fell them to 

 their countrymen without the fhell. 



Spar us Chinenfis, or the Little mandarin 

 fifty, which is like the Sarfe (Cyprinus Ery- 

 throphtahnus) were here caught in plenty, and 

 by the Chinefe called Kya-yo. The following 

 is its defcription : the membrana branchiofiega 

 has five rays : the firft dorfalfin has four fim- 

 ple rays, of which the hindmofl is quite foft; 

 this fin has a lanceolated appendage on each fide: 

 the fecond dorfalfin is not armed, has eleven 

 divided rays, and is of the length of the for- 

 mer : the petlor&l-fins have 14 rays: the ven- 

 tral-fins have fix rays, they have on both fides 

 and in the middle a foft appendage : the anal- 

 fin has twelve rays : the tail is furcated, and 

 has fixteen and more rays : the head is narrow, 

 flat ; the mouth is fmall ; it has no teeth : the 

 eyes are near the mouth : the irides are white : 

 the body is narrow, and lanceolated : the linea 

 lateralis does not appear : the back is blue, 

 and the reft white : the opercula branchWftega 

 confifl of two entire leaves. The length of 

 the fifh is fcarccly a fpan. The ficales are 

 white rhombs. 



Gobius 



