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escaped Bloch's notice. The description drawn from my specimen : 

 — Length five inches and a half, depth an inch and a half; 

 head one fourth of the entire length; diameter of the eye equal 

 to one fourth of the length of the head; scales on the lateral 

 line about forty -five. Colour of the sides silvery, tinged with 

 blue towards the back ; dorsal, pectoral, ventral, and anal fins 

 nearly transparent, or slightly tinged with dusky; tail pale 

 yellow." 



An example obtained by Mr. Yarrell measured fifteen inches 

 in length; and it has been noticed that while the depth of the 

 body measures one third of the length, the thickness amounts 

 to one half of the depth, being the thickest of all the Breams. 

 The dorsal fin also is larger than in them, and the anal fin 

 shorter, with three rays less in number. 



