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I. Such as have open gills, and the radii of 



fins of a boney texture, but 



t pungent. 



1 . Such as have open 



nd fome of the radii of the 



fl 



fiifF and 



gen 



pun 



open ; 



III. Such as have the radii of their fins boney, but have not 



N.B. Thefe have a narrow aperture on both tides of the head, thro' which 



they receive and difcharge the water occafionally ; and are commonly 



furnifhed with a pair of 

 chicjiegeous membi 



memb 



g 



as well 



th b 



IV. Thofe that h 



g 



the radii of their fi 



d mod of the fmaller bones, of 



d hardly diftinguifhable from their coverings 



V. Such as have their tails difpofed in an horizontal po 



i\ 



All 



fpecies of this tribe 



d regular parts 



viparous, and furnifhed with lungs 



both for procreation and the nutrition of their 



young 



The two firft of thofe being very numerous, we (hall range them in the fol 



g fucceflion, as our author has don 



viz. 



I. 



1. Thofe that have only one fin in the back, and that about the middle. 



2. Such as have only one fin in the back, with a little flefhy protuberance 



the tail. 



3. Such as have only one fin in the back, and that fituated neareft to the 



4. Such as have one or more fins extended the whole length of the back 



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Such as have only one fin in the back, and that running 

 not to be diilinguifhed from the tail. 



lb far back as 



6. Such as have no fi 



but a very fmall one in the back 



II. 



1. Such as have fmooth heads. 



2. Such as have prickly heads* 







T. 



YNGNATHUS 1. Parte anteriori hexagond^ pojieriori qua-l 



dranguldy caudd impinnd. Hippocam- J- The Sea-Horfe 

 pus non aculeatus. Will. t. 25. f. 5. 



This little fifh is very frequent in all the harbours both of Jamaica and the other 

 fugar-colonies ; but it feldom exceeds four inches in length, and is remarkable only 



in its uncommon form. 



SOLENOSTOMUS 1. Corpore tereti fubrotundo, caudd 



bifurcd. 



An y Solenoftomus caudd bifurcd \ &c. Gron. Muf. Ich. 



The Trumpeter 

 Trumpet-Fill 



This fifh is frequent in the harbours of Jamaica about the months of June and 

 July, and is generally about eighteen inches, or better in 



length. 



The head 





is long and narrow j the jaws clofed up at the fides -, the mouth very fmall ; and 

 the body long and flender. 



MENIDIA 1. Corpore fubpeliucido, lined later aliYVh& A 



fmall 



latiori argented. 

 This little fifti feldom exceeds three inches 



Tab. 45. f. 3 



Silver Fid. 



the harbours of J 



th, and is fometimes very common 

 The head is pretty large in proportion to the body 



5* 



but 



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