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dorsal fin very small, and nearly lost in the thickness of the 
skin; ventral fins with the two first rays elongated. 
Genus 9.—LEPIDOLEPRUS.— Risso. 
Generic Character .—Teeth very short and small; head and 
body with rugose earinated scales; two dorsal fins, the first 
short and erect, the second very long, which, together with the 
anal fin, unite into a point at the tail. 
Genus 10.—MACROURUS.— Bloch. 
Generic Character. —Teeth small, set in many rows; lower 
jaw with a cirrus ; scales earinated and rough ; two dorsal fins, 
the first strong and elevated, the second elongated, and forming 
a point with the anal fin at the tail. 
Macrourus rupestris _ The Long-Tailed Macrourus. 
Plate LXXIX. fig. 3. 
Silver-gray above, and nearly white beneath ; body tapering 
gradually to a long and pointed tail. Three feet long. Inhabits 
the North seas. 
TRIBE II.-PLEURONESTES. 
Genus 11.—PLATESSA. — Cuvier. 
Generic Character. —Each jaw provided with a row of obtuse 
cutting teeth; pharyngeal bones with thick set small teeth ; 
eyes on the right side ; dorsal fin placed forward above the up¬ 
per eye ; body rhomboidal, and much depressed; between the 
anal fin and tail a vacant space. 
Platessa carnaria _ The Flesh-Coloured Fluke. 
Plate LXXIX. fig. 4. 
Irides orange, nictiating membrane green; body smooth, 
covered with very small smooth adherent scales, flesh-coloured, 
with regular deep rose-coloured distinct spots; under side 
smooth, convex, silvery-white. Five and a half inches long. 
Inhabits the Frith of Forth. 
G enus 12. — PIIPPOGLOSSU S.— Cuvier. 
Generic Character. —Jaws and pharynx provided with slen- 
