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moderately broad. The back- fin isfingle, but divided into two parts, whereof the firft 

 or foremoft, which lies in a d^cp groove, isfuftained by eleven fliff- pointed radii, and 

 erected and lowered at pleafurej but the back part is limber, and rounded 

 near th? tail. The anal fin is rounded and oblong, with the thr< 

 and oungentj but the tail is flightly bifurcated. 



firft radii robuft 



The Hvne. 



CORACINUS i. Minor, maculis rotundis rubrh varia. 

 An Cugup, &c, Catefb. ii. t. 14. ? 



All the fpecies of this kind are diftinguifhed from thofe both of the foregc 

 d following genus's, by, 1. The large (kinny flap that reaches over the pointed 



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of the 



lamina that covers the g 



d float 



bronchial 



pertures. 2. By their conic teeth 



f two, or four, fituated pretty forward 



fides of each jaw 



emarkably larger than the reft.. 3. By the number of 



the oflicles that fuftain the branchioflegeous membrane, which in thefe is 



about fe 



And, 4. By their g 



g 



d chubbed about the breaft, with large fleftiy heads, ample b 



make, being remarkably thick 



pertures 



and a very wide mouth and paflage. The whole body is roundifh and fleftiy, but 

 moderately comprefled on the fides. 



Obf Moft of the fpecies are marked with fpots of fome kind. 





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CORACINUS 2. Subfufcus nebulatus, punSlulis plurimis 



nigris ad oculos, caudd. rotundatd, 

 macula majori nigra in extremo dorfo. 



The Grooper. 

 Seetab.46.fi 1 



CORACINUS 3. Fufco-mifcellus, caudd quadratd, 



macula majori nigra in extremo 

 dorfo. 



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The Rock-fifh 



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CORACINUS 4. Fufcus nebulatus, maculis minoribus ro- 

 tundis nigris a [per Jits, caudd rot un-^ The Jcw-fiflb. 





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Thefe three laft fpecies are very much efteemed, and generally reckoned the beft 





fifties in America ; but the fecond and laft forts, which 



red with fmaller fcales than any of the reft, are thought 



more chubbed, and 

 excel. Some of the 



laft fpecies have been known to weigh 



hundred pounds 



CORACINUS 5. Fufco-rubellus, iride kermejind, 7 -. r ', . . 



radiis tenn* Jar Mi* decern. < The fmaller bla <* Sna P er - 





Anthea Cat. ii. t. 25. 



radiis penna dorfalis decern, i 





This fifh feldom exceeds eight inches in length, and is generally about four in 



breadth. 



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CORACINUS 





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Fufcus major, iride argen-1 The black Snaper, or Deep- 



teo. 



water Snaper. 



This fith grows to a pretty confiderable fize, and is deemed one of the beft fifhes 



in America. 



CORACINUS 



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Aureo-fplendem, iride luted, oculisl „, ,, c 

 & dentibus canrnis majoribus. j The y ellow Sna P er ' 



CORACINUS 8. Rubellus, iride flammed, dorfo maculd\ 



nigra utrinque infgnito. 



The red Snaper. 













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