158 MORRIS. Class IV. 



XV. Small head 



MORRIS. 



Body extremely thin, comprefTed Tideways, 

 No pectoral fins. 



6y. Angle- Leptocephalus. Gronov. Zoopb, No. 409. tab, 13. fig, 3. 



SEA. 



/nr^HIS fpecies was difcovered in the fea near 

 A Holyhead by the late Mr. William Morris, 

 and, in memory of our worthy friend, we have 

 given it his name. On receiving it from Mr. Mor- 

 ris, we communicated it to that accurate Icthyo- 

 logift, Doctor Laurence Theodore Gronovius, of Ley- 

 den, who has defcribed it in his Zoophylacium, 

 under the title of Leptocephalus, or fmall head. 

 Descrip. The length was four inches ; the head very fmall ; 

 the body comprefTed Tideways, extremely thin, and 

 almoft tranTparent, about the tenth of an inch thick, 

 and in the deepefl part about one-third of an inch; 

 towards the tail it grew more flender, and ended 

 in a point ; towards the head it floped down, the 

 head lying far beneath the level of the back. 



The eyes large ; the teeth in both jaws very 

 fmall. 



The lateral line ftrait : the Tides marked with 

 oblique ftrokes, that met at the lateral line. 



The 



