AKGliNTlNK. 95 



l*onnanfs specimen was taken in the sea near Downing 

 in Flintshire : Mr. LoAv's fish Avas brought to him by a boy, 

 who said he found it at the edge of the water among sea- 

 weed. The receipt of an additional portion of MS. recently 

 confided to me by William Walcott, Esq. furnishes a notice, 

 written by his late father, of a third instance of the occur- 

 rence of the Argentine, which was found stranded on the shore 

 near E.xmouth : length two inches and a half. Pennant's 

 description is, " Length two inches and a quarter ; the eyes 

 large, the irides silvery ; the lower jaw sloped much ; the 

 teeth small ; the body compressed, and of an equal depth 

 almost to the anal fin ; the tail forked : the back was of a 

 dusky green ; the sides and covers of the gills as if plated 

 with silver ; the lateral line was in the middle, and quite 

 straight : on each side of the belly was a row of circular 

 punctures ; above them another, which ceased near the vent." 

 The formula of the fin-rays appears to be — 



D. 9 : P. 17. : V. 8 : A. 15 : C. 19. 



The figure of this fish referred to in M. Risso*'s work 

 represents the anal fin as containing many more rays than are 

 apparent in the figure by Pennant, from which the represen- 

 tation at the head of this article is copied. 



