GEN. LAMPRIS. THE OPAn, OR KING-FISH. 225 



the abdomen. Numerous oval spots, some milk- 

 white, others of a beautiful silvery lustre, adorn 

 this ground- work, while small ones ornament the 

 head. The gill-covers are very brilliant, and the 

 iris of its large eye is of a beautiful golden colour : 

 all the fins are vermillion. Adorned with so gay a 

 dress, no wonder that the correspondent of Count 

 Buffon should remark " que le Lampris semble un 

 seigneur de la cour de Neptune en habit cle gala." 



