PERCA marina rhomboidalis fafciata. 
The Pork Fifo. 
4 PEE PSHIS Fifh is broad and fhort, 
oe cad be and fomewhat flat, with a 
fore rifing back; the eye of a 
DANY, § bright yellow: the mouth 
= moderately wide, with many 
very {mall fharp teeth: the whole body 
was covered with dark-grey and yellow 
{cales, in rows alternately from the head 
to the tail. It had five fins, one from 
the top of the back, reaching almoft to 
the tail, the fore part having fharp-pointed 
tones, the hind part more thin and pliant; 
two behind the gills, one under the ab- 
domen, and one behind the anus, guard- 
ed with a large pointed bone: all the 
fins were yellow, as was the tail, which 
was forked. ‘The Bahamians efteem this 
a good fith. 
WME Poiffon eft large &? court, & 
oy Mel un peu plat: il a le dos vouté: 
moog fon dass eft Pun jaune bril- 
, oa gucule modérément 
1S DOR ec? garuie Pun grand 
‘isbitee de tres petites dents pointues: tout 
fon corps eff couvert d "écailles d’un gris 
obfcur, &S jaunts, rangées alternativement 
depuis la téte jufqwa, la quetie. Il a cing 
nagevires, une deputs le haut du dos, prefque 
jujqu'a la quetie 5 le devant en eft garni de 
pointes roides & aigues; & vers la queiie 
elle eft plus mince &3 plus fouple: il en a 
deux autres derriere les ouyes, une fous le 
ventre, CSP la cinguieme derriere anus, 
armée Wun grand os poimtu. Toutes ces 
nageoires font jaunes, de méme que la queie, 
gui eft fourchue. Les Bahamtens croyent ce 
poiffou tres bon, 
PERCA marina pinnis branchiahbus carens. 
The Schoolmafter. 
Soa th thefe Fifh grow to the length of a 
foot, though this is the more common fize. 
of a 
ia 
na 
was covered with large thin {cales 
ae red colour: the eye large, fomewhat oval, 
with a yellow iris: it had no more than three 
s, one on the back, the fore part of which 
r the abdomen, and 
in the fore part with three fharp bones, 
was forked: all the fins and tail were of a deep 
yellow colour. 
Uelquefois ces tf croiffent jufqu’a un pies 
ce foit ici leur taille la plus ordi- 
naire. de grandes écailles 
minces d’un rouge obfcur : Jes ace étoient ee 
un peu ovales, avec un iris jaune : 1 voit 
trois nageoires, une Jur le dos, ae le ae etoit 
arni dé ‘pines Prag une fous le ventrey & une 
autre entre L'a la queue; celle-ci étoit for- 
tifiée par seth , trois os pointus. Sa queue étoit 
fe ue : les nageoires FP la queue étoient d'un 
aune fonceé 
