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or nearer to the belly, and continues in the fjme direction from thence to the tail. 

 The branchioftegeous membrane is fuftained by four arched ofiicles. 





MORMYRA 2. Minor rufulo-mifcella, pennd dorfi. a- \ The little brown 



quale. 



MORMYRA 



3. Media cceruleo nit ens. 



Parrot- iiih. 



The blue Parrot-nth of Cat. t. 18. 



MORMYRA 4. Media, virefcente ni- \ The green Parrot- fim of Catejb. ii. 



tens. 



t. 29 



All thefe fifti 



frequent in the feas about Jamaica, and pretty conft 



eir 



which induced me to look upon them as different lpecies, though they 

 ;femble one another much both in form and habit. The iecond fort is ieldom 

 fed. being generally thought to be fomewhat poifonous ; but the others are fre- 



quently ferved up at table in many parts of America 

 Jamaica. 



fo much eftcemed 



HOLOCENTRUS 1. Rubellus, laminh branchioftegcis 



MPeuus, laminis crancuiofiegcis \ 



Jerratisy angiitis alternis in acu- ( 



leos abeuntibuSy pinna ani radi-f The Wel^.man. 



orum tredecim. 



Perca rubra. Catefb. ii. t. 29 



This fim 



f 



oblong form and proportionably broad, but not very thick 



The body is covered with ftriated fcales, wh 



ke the la mi 



that cover the 



gills, are all ferrated 



the bafe. The mouth 



fj 



the lips duel 



the 



J 



befet with very fmall teeth ; and the branchiojlegecus membranes fufhined by eight 

 offtcles. There is but one fin in the back, which isof a moderate length, depreffed 



i in the fore- 



part 



the middle, and fuftained by 

 The pectoral fins are of an oblon 



ftifF and pointed rad 



and placed 



the ventrals are more remote and 



The 



near the gills; 



but 



nal fin is very like and oppofite 

 the pofterior part of the dorfal; and fuftained by three ftiffand pointed radii in th 



fore-part, whereof that in the middle is largeft 



The 



forked, and fupplied 



with a few (harp pointed fcales at the bafe. It is thought to be a good fifh, but 

 not common about Jamaica : it feldcm exceeds feven or eight inches in length 

 the mod perfect ftate. 



SCIiENA 1. Tota grifea, glandulis binis ad aperturas 



najales. 



The Sumfim. 



This fifh is very like thofe of the following claft, from which it is diftinguimed 



fcales 



by the ferrated lamina that cover the gils, and the nafal 



glands. 



The 



are 





large ; and the branchioftegeous membranes fuftained by fix ofiicles each : it is reck- 

 oned a very delicate fifh, and much efteemed in m oft parts of America. 



SCI/ENA 2. Sub argent ea fufco nebulata. The Silver Grunt. 



This fifh is generally about fixteen or eighteen inches in length, and fix or {even 



but it is thinner in proportion than moft other fifhes of 



fize. The body 



is covered with large fcales of a filver white colour, clouded with black, toward 

 the back; the mouth is pretty large, and the jaws befet with fmall 

 the toi 



t> 



the fim, wi 



teeth 5 

 and palate are pretty fmooth. The eyes are proportionable to the ii 



bu 



of the colour of the body, ere villi and clouded. 



t> 



The 



thereabouts, whereof the lower is largeft and 



of the gills is made of two lamina, or 



of a triangular form ; and the branchioftegeous membrane is fuftained by iix mob 



arched oflkles, whereof three are remarkably fmaller ami more flerufer t« 



h 1 



ft. 



The fins of the breaft are of an oblong make and pointed, and ftand in an oblique 



fliort and 



1 moderately 



direction between the tail and back of the fifh : but the belly fins are 



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