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of prey, 



to fwirn with g 



head is pretty 



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TOR 



and commonly met with in the ocean, where it is often obferved 



g 



fwiftnefs after both 

 but fomewhat flatted on the 



flying and other fmall fifties 



lluCS. 



d 



The body 

 from then 



f the fame fize and make about the^ bread; but 



the 



T 



drv a fifti to be efteemed ; and is feldom 



The 



ounded before. 



pers gradually 



led 



lets when young and tend 



GYMNOG ASTER i. Argenteus comprejh. 



yd 



* 



Tab. 4$. f . 4 



Gymnogafter Gron. Muf. Ich 

 Serpens marinus comprefj. 



& 



An Stromateus L. S. N 



c. Barr. 



The Sword-Fill 



Mucu J on ft. 37. I. fid male ad caudam depidla eft. 

 Mucu Brajilienfn Will. t.97. & Angulla Indica. App 



Th 



is 



one of the mod common fifties in the har 



fc» 



II 



-rally about three feet in length, 

 broad. The body is fmootb, bein 



of Khigft 



very fiat, and not above two 



vered only 



wi 



a 



th 



n: It 

 three 



membra- 



nous 



ft 



the head 





long pointed teeth 



pretty 



the 



but the foremoft h 



each 



ide 

 a 



fing 



jaws furniftied with 





barb 



d thofe that lay farther back are flatted and of 



lanceolated form 



the 



Th 



i n fide, 

 lower 



jaw is fomewhat longer 

 membranous expanfion on both fi 



than the other, and the pal 



furniftied with a th 



les. The tongue is imooth ; the pharynx denti- 

 lated; the iris of filver-white ; and the nafal apertures large, and placed near 



eyes 



The branchioftegoui membrane is furniftied 



th fe 



arched offi 



cks , 



lion, 

 each 

 fifti has neither ventral nor anal fins 



nded backward, with a fmall membranous expan 



nd the operculum ext< 



The pectoral fins are of a trapezoidal form, and fuftained 

 The dorfal is pretty low, and continued from the head to the 



ven 



radii 

 The 



fe 



Hated diftances between the anus and 



pt a few very ftiort, lharp, prickles t : 



which is alfo naked, but of 



a lengthened flender form 



The body is flat, and bends eafily to either fid 



but 



p and do 



commonly represented. They are very fwift in their mo 



tions, and feem to be fifties of prey; for they are frequently found marked with 



fure demonftration of their pugnatious nature. The lateral line 



fca 



which 





ftretches almoft in an uninterrupted direction from the upper part of the bronchial 

 apertures to the very extremity of the tail. 



In deference to my learned friend, I have continued the appellation by which 

 he was pleafed to defciibe this fifti; though I mull acknowledge I am apt to think 

 it a fpecies of the Anarchicas. ■ 



MURiENA t. Unicolor maxilla infer lore longiore. Art. Syn. 39. 

 Anguilla Saliv. Will. t. G. 5. 



The Eel. 



This fifti is frequent in all the lagoons and rivers of Jamaica, and not at all 



different from that of Europ 





MURiENA 2. Subfufca, liturh albidis varia, roftro angujliori, 



iride aured. Tab. 45. f. 1. 

 Muraena Saliv. Will. t. 9. f. 1. 



MUR/ENA 3. Major fubolivacea, guld & iride argenteis, ro- 



Jiro anguftiori. 

 Mursena viridis. Catefb. ii. t. 20. 



The Murane. 



The Congre. 



Thefe two laft fp 

 th, and rounded in bo 



xt extremely like each other. The fnout is of a moderate 

 ~~ 6 ***, uiiv* iwmamm^. i.i L,wwh; and the jaws befet with long, flender, upright teeth: 

 but, befides thefe, they are alfo furniftied with three or four fangs, fet one behind 



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