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The tail is round at its end, and confifts of thir- 

 teen rays. 



The fides, back, and fins, are of a livid lead Color. 

 color ; the two firft marked downwards with irre- 

 gular obfcure dufky lines : thefe in different fifh 

 have different appearances. The young are of a 

 greenifh cad, refembling the fea wrack, which they 

 refide amongft for fome time after their birth. 



We think ourfelves much indebted to Mr. 

 Travis, Surgeon, at Scarborough, for his ingenious 

 remarks on this nfh, as well as on feveral others 

 that frequent that coaft, being a gentleman much 

 /killed in icthyology, and extremely liberal in com- 

 municating his knowlege. 



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