Class IV. ARGENTINE. 327 



Teeth in the laws and tongue. XXXV. 



T7U.U ua ARGEN- 



Eight branch loilegous rays. TINE. 



Vent near the tail. 



The ventral fins compofed of many rays. 



Sphyraenaparva,u>efphyraena2 Argentina. Arted. fynon. 17. it6.Sheppy. 



fecunda fpecies. Rondel, zzj. Argentina Sp by r ana. Lin. 



Ge/ner pi/c.SS^} fyfi. 518. Gronov. Zooph. 



Pifciculus Roma, Argentina No. 349 ? 



diftuSc Wil. Icth. 229. Rail 



fyn. pifc. 108 ? 



A LITTLE fifh, which I believe to be of 

 this fpecies, was brought to me in 1769, 

 taken in the fea near Downing. 



The length was two inches one-fourth: the 

 eyes large; and irides filvery. The lower jaw 

 doped much : the teeth fmall. 



The body compreffed, and of an equal depth 

 almoft to the anal fin. The tail forked. 



The back was of a dufky green : the fides and 

 covers of the gills as if plated with filver. The la- 

 teral line was in the middle and quite flrait. 



On each fide of the belly was a row of circular 

 punctures : above them another, which ceafed near 

 the vent. 



Mr. Wtllughhy fays, that the outfide of the air 

 bladder of this fifh confifts of a foliaceous filvery 

 fkin, which was made ufe of in the manufacture 

 of artificial pearl, 



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