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remained unaltered after the brilliancy of all besides had 

 greatly faded. The distinctions between this fish and the 

 Common Whiting are obvious in the more slender shape, the 

 jaws, teeth in the palate, lateral line, fins, and colour. The 

 number of rays in the fins were,— in the dorsals thirteen, 

 twelve, and twenty-two; and thirty-five and twenty-five; 

 pectoral twenty; ventral six. 



