TURDUS PINNIS, branchialibus carens. 
The Mangrove Snapper. 
oe HE figure reprefents the ufual 
rs a » fize of this Fith : 
the colour 
a " dark on the back, and light 
The fides of the mouth 
the 
the 
on the belly, 
were red, as were fome parts of 
gills, with a faint tinGture of blue 
nofe was pointed, the mouth wide, and 
at the end of each mandible were two 
large teeth; it had no more than three 
fins, a very long prickly one covering 
the greater part of the back, one under 
and a third behind the 
anus: the tail large, ending in a con- 
the abdomen, 
cave curve, 
food. 
It is efteemed pretty good 
Vou. I. 
Non A figure repréfente la grandeur 
» ordinaire de ce Poiffon: il étoit 
3 couleur de terre d’ombre, foncée 
fur le dos, &§ clare fur le 
ventre. Lies cétés de fa bouche étotent 
rouges, de méme quwune partie des ouyes, 
avec une nuance pale de bleu: fon mufeau 
étoit poiniu, fa bouche large, & a Pex- 
tremité de chaque machoire il avoit deux 
grandes dents: il wavott que trois nageoires, 
une fort longue &S armée de piquans qui 
couvroit la plus grande partie de fon dos, 
une fous le ventre, &F la trotfieme derriereé 
Lanus: ‘f@ quetie étoit grande &P fe ters 
minoit par une ligne concave. On le croit 
un affez bon manger. 
