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minent, the lateral line ftrait: the covers of the 

 gills are armed with a very ftrong fpine. 



The firft dorfal fin confifts of five very ftrong 

 fpines, which, as well as the intervening mem- 

 branes are tinged with black ; this fin, when qui- 

 efcenr, is lodged in a fmall hollow. 



The fecond confifts of feveral foft rays, com- 

 mences jufl at the end of the firft, and continues 

 almoft to the tail. The pectoral fins are broad 

 and angular *, the ventral fins fmall 



The vent is placed remarkably forward, very 

 near the throat : the anal fin extends to a fmall 

 diftance from the tail, is a little hollowed in the 

 middle, but not fo much as to be called forked. 



The fides are marked lengthways with two or 

 three dirty yellow lines, and tranfverfely by num- 

 bers of fmall ones : the belly filvery. 



Draco major feu araneus. Safoian. 70. 7*. Great ( 



Greater Weever. lour Scotland, 1769, oclavo. 



THE length eleven inches : greater* depth one and three 

 quarters : head fiat : eyes large : edges of the jaws 

 rough with minute teeth : lower jaw the longeft : head co~ 

 vered with minute tubercles : cheeks and gills with minute 

 fcales : on the gills is a iharp fpine. 



Firlt dorfal fin black-, with five fpines : the fecond reaches 

 almoft to the tail : in the pectoral fins are thirteen branched 

 rays : in the ventral, fix : the anal extends oppofite to the 

 fecond dorfal fin : tail large, triangular, even at the end. 



The fcales run in oblique lines from the back to the belly, 

 with a divifion between each row. 



Inhabits the fe'a near Scarborough. 



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