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CLUPEA 1 4 Minor, radio ultimo penna dorfalis hngijjimo. The Sprat. 



Thefe are the moil common rimes in 'Jamaica, but not regarded there, tho* 

 much efteemed in the Windward IJlands, where they are often poifonous. 



CLUPEA 2. Major argentea, dorfo ccerulfc.nti. 



The Herri n?. 



This fiih is much larger than the foregoing, and no ways inferior to the European 

 either in fize or delicacy. They are common about Jamaica in the months of 

 March, April, nd May; but feldom ufed by the better fort of people, who are 

 always fupplied with a great variety of the larger and richer kinds. 



ESOX i. Maxilla inferior e produced Tab. 45 



fig. 2. 



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Pi 



per 



This fifh feldom exceeds twelve or fifteen inches in length. The body is of an ob- 

 long form, and obtufely quadrangular ; the mouth fmall; the bill thin and com- 

 preffed; and the branchiojlegeous membrane f.ift ined by about fourteen flender ofii- 

 cles. The breaft fins are fmall and narrov. , the ventrais fhort, and fituued beyond 



the c.,te 



anal, 

 the b 



a 



d 



i tl. 

 ppofi 



bod 



th 



h 



anal frnail and triangular ; th 



fal much like the 



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tail forked ; and the lateral line near and parall 



to 





E S OX 2 XJirajue maxilla produBd tereti dent at d. 

 Efox maxilla fuperiore longiore, cauda qua drat a. 

 Ich. Art.&Gron. Muf. 

 Acub Opiani. Will. t. p. 8. f. 2. 



The Gar-Fifh. 



Both the jaws of this fifti are long and flender, and furnifhed with (harp conic 

 teeth. The fins of the back and anus are pretty long, and extend towards 

 the tail ; but the firft radii of each ftretch out further than the reft, which 

 are but of a moderate length. The tail in both fpecies is forked, but the upper 

 prong is always (horter than the other, and the lateral line is near andalmofr. parallel 

 to the belly. The body is long, roundh'h, and flender in proportion ; and gene 

 rally about three feet, or better, in 





length ; 



but never above two inches 



in dia- 



meter. It is a fifti of prey, and runs with great agility on the furface of the wa- 

 ter, leaping frequently from place to place, for many yards together. It is a firm, 

 dry, wholefome fiih ; but the bones are always green, which prejudices many peo- 



e 



againft it. The eggs are very large. 



ECHENEIS 1. Fufcus, pinnis pojlerioribus albo marginatis.7 



Remorr. Cat. ii. 1 

 Iperu-guiba BrafiU 



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This fifti is remarkabl 



d upper part of the head 



t, G. 8 



of its fc 



The Sucking-Fifti 



which is placed on 



pofed 



fides of (hips, planks, fifties 



back 



whole fetula or fliort briftles it fallens itfelf 

 , or other bodies, at pleafure ; for they are di£* 



jcuta 



idges, which generally run, from twenty one to twenty three, acrofs the 



The eyes are placed rather on the under fide of the head, by which means 



the better enabled to obferve every thing that panes, while it continues fixed 



by the b 

 wards the 



of 



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d 



The fifli 



of 



oblong rounded form 



th the belly- fins joined together by a memb 



n g 



to- 



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CORYPHiENA 1. Cceruleo varie fplendem, Cauda bifurca. 



Coryphena cauda bifurca. Art. Syn. 21. & Guarapema. V The Dolphin. 



Pif. 48. 



is one of th« moft beautiful fifties of thofe feas, for it always appears 



with a variety of very Chining colours while it continues in th 



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