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They are both of an oblong form ; broad beyond tl 

 on the fides, and fcaled. The mouth is pretty fmall 

 befet, each, with; a fingle range of {lender conic 

 mod is longeft : and the iris of a reddifh colour. 



ps 



proportion ; flatted 



jaws 



dud 



teeth, of which the fore 



The pectoral fins are of 



tra- 



pezoidal form ; a 

 radii each. The 



d the 



like them, but fmal 



d fuftained 



arc 



kly 



d hardly 



y one fi 



on the back, whereof the three foremoit radii 



cted together 



thev 



are v 



ery 



Ion 2 



5 , compreifcd 



pering 



d arch backwards over the reft of the fin 



bereof the middle rad 



fhorteft. but aculeate, and furnimed with fo 



dag 



y fmall memb 



appen 



but the hinder moft part is compofed of flexile branched radii of 



length, and refembles the oppofite anal fi 



whereof the th 



fo 



ad 



i are 



aculeate. The tail is fq 

 ilender arched officles 



d the branchioji 



membrane fuftained by fix 



This fifh grows to a moderate fize, and is efteemed one of the beft that fwim 



thole feas 



both rich and del 



SPARUS i. Striis longitudinalibus e varius i dent i bus anteriort- 

 ' . bus latioribus comprejjis aqualibus acutis. 



Perca rhomboides. Cat. ii. t. 4. 



The Bream 



' The body of this fifh is nearly of an oval form, being pretty broad, and arched 

 both at the back and belly. The mouth is fmall ; the back part of the jaws befet 

 with two or three ranges of deprelTed, obtufe, and rounded teeth ; and the bran- 

 chiojiegeous membrane fuftained by fix officles. The pectoral fins are flender and 



very long; and the ventrals trapezoidal; but thefe are fuftained below by two {harp 



fcaley appendicles, and have the firft radii ftiff and pointed. The anal fin is of 

 an oblong form ; but the three firft: radii of this are alfo ftiff and pointed, 

 whereof the third is very large. There is only one dorfal or back fin, which is al- 

 moft even ; but the firft thirteen rays are ftiff and pungent ; and the lateral line is 

 parallel to the back. It is efteemed a good filli. 





SPARUS 2. Iride argent ed, dentibus anterioribus conich. 

 Zanthurus Indicus. Will. ap. t. 3. 



The For gee. 



This fifh is very like the Bream both in form and appearance; but, in this, the 

 teeth are of a conic form, and the pectoral fins much fhorter. It is of an even grey 

 colour, and the pointed radii of the dorfal fin are feldom more than eleven in num- 

 ber. The ventral fins are larger than thofe of the Bream, and the appendages 

 fituated more externally. It is efteemed a good wholefome fifh. 



vana. 



MORMYRA 1. Major caruleo &? aureo 1 „, , - . , r» cr 



J K The larger painted Parrot-fifb. 



This fifh has the moft beautiful luftres of any I have ever yet feen, and furpalTes 

 z Dolphin both in variety of fhades, and the brightnefs of its native colours, which 



hold for a confiderable time after it is taken out of the 



form, pretty tumid, and covered ove 

 fmall ; the lips free and ductile; and 



It is of an oblong 



th very large fcales. The mouth is b 



beak 



f 



par 



in fome meafi 



f< 



which abundantly fupplies its want of 



they 



thick 

 rife 



The pcdoral fi 



d ftrong, rcfembiing the 



lto a fharp edge around 



of an oblong 



form, and the ventrals of a trapezoid. There is only one fin in the back, which 

 arly of the fame height every where, and continued almoft from the neck to the 



i. The 



but the fore p 



f is fuftained by 



ftiff and pointed rad 



to 



fquare ; but the anal fin is like the pofterior part of the dorfal, and oppofi 

 The lateral line is parallel to the back, and remarkable for the nun " 



little branches it throws out 



interrupted about the rcg 



of 



every fcaie thro 

 the extremity of 



w 



back fi 



paffe 



it is 



b 1 1 1 



ber of 

 rely 

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or 



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