262 BEAUTIFUL SALMON-CARP. 



semilunar. It has no teeth ; nostrils single, placed 

 between the eyes and snout, hut nearer the top of 

 the head. The scaling is large, striated, elliptical, 

 adhesive, and slightly fringed; lateral line single, 

 straight; head and body slightly depressed; the 

 tongue fleshy, and attached to the lower jaw. It 

 lives only a few minutes after it has been taken out 

 of the water. The air-bag is double, and is pos- 

 sessed of a second stomach, which is generally filled 

 with fine clay. Length eleven inches and a half, 

 depth three inches and three-quarters." 



This is even more gaudily coloured than the last. 

 The colour above runs into streaks, pale but regu- 

 lar, as on the first described species. The anal fin 

 is deep lake, crossed, as in the last, anteriorly with 

 two dark bands, and having a third running through 

 the posterior angle. The tail is bright orange red, 

 and has the central dark stripe, with five narrow 

 equidistant black _ bands crossing each lobe. In 

 both the last fishes, the lateral line is nearly 

 straight. 



D. 9— P. 14— V. 8_A. 9_C. 22— Br. 4_ Vert. 38. 



Our limits will not now allow us to proceed with 

 the Acanthopterigli^ of which numerous species ac- 

 company the Collection ; and they, with the carti- 

 laginous fishes and a few insulated fonns, will be 

 illustrated in another Volume. Before concluding, 

 however, we may remark, that our Arius? ohesus. 



