96 OSBECK'S VOYAGE, 

 ven ramofe rays, which are almofl grown to- 

 gether at the bottom ; the inner ones are the 

 ihorteft. The anal fin is fomewhat nearer to 

 the tail than the dorfal fins, and is about 

 the fame fize and form, confiding of fourteen 

 rays which are diflinguifhed with difficulty. 

 The ventral and anal fins are furrounded like 

 the following little fofter fins, with a griflly 

 fkin. Below the two dorfal fins are eight, 

 and below the anal fin to the tail feven other 

 little fins with different rays. The tail is fur- 

 cated, very much extended, and confifls of 

 twenty-fix rays. The pectoral and the ventral 

 fins are directly oppofite to the beginning of 

 the dorfal fin, and their length is equal to 

 that of the firfl: ray of the firfl dorfal fin. 

 The fwimming bladder (licks to the backbone 

 and is long. The heart is tetraedrous. The 

 telly is an oblong oval. As this fifli is dying, 

 it trembles and quivers much. Its length is 

 icarce two feet. I have been enabled to exa- 

 mine many of them, and always found that the 

 firfl dorial fin is the fureft fpecific diflin&ion. 



The 4th of April, B° 19' N. L. 



Last night about one o'clock we 

 palTed in the 9th. dcg. 20 min. N. L. and 



3° 



