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a filvery call, tinged with gold, beneath which 

 thofe colors entirely prevale. 



The fide line is quite ftrait, and confifls of a 

 feries of diftinct fpots of a dufky hue : the belly is 

 a little prominent, and quite flat on the bottom. 



The firft dorfal fin is placed almoft in the mid- 

 dle, and confifls of fourteen branched rays ; the 

 fecond is thin, tranfparent, and not diflant from 

 the tail. 



The pectoral fins had eighteen rays, the firft the 

 longeft, the others gradually fhortening •, the ven- 

 tral fins were compofed of twelve, and the anal of 

 fifteen, all branched at their ends ; the ventral fins 

 in fome are of a fine fky blue, in others as if pow- 

 dered with blue fpecks - y the ends of the other lower 

 fins are tiwged with the fame color. 



The tail is very much forked : the fcales large, 

 and adhere clofe to the body. 



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