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different from that of L. Cornubiensis. Dorsal fin origin- 

 ating behind the middle of the fish, and continued to 

 near the caudal, with which it does not unite ; anal fin 

 commencing farther back, but reaching as far ; the last 

 rays of the two fins, when laid down, touching the base of 

 the caudal : rays of all the fins jointed, but not branched : 

 vent situated midway between the posterior edge of the 

 ventral disk and the end of the caudal fin : a short anal 

 tubercle." Thompson, I. c. 



The Lepidog aster Webbianus of Valenciennes, which in- 

 habits the seas of the Canary Islands, has two cutaneous 

 filaments at the nostrils on each side, and so has also the 

 L. zebrinus of Lowe, which inhabits the Madeira coasts, 

 and is perhaps the same species with Webbianus. The 

 Lepidogaster chupasangue of the same seas, which Mr. 

 Lowe thinks may be L. Decandollii of Risso, has no nasal 

 cirrus, and the vertical fins are not connected to each 

 other. 



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