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teeth of tlio upper jaw art' loii^, sharp, and rare, in the htwry 

 even and rrowth'd. 



First dorsal tin is trianj^ular, with ten si)inou.s rays; the second 

 dorsal has one spinous and twenty-five soft rays ; tlic pectorals, 

 thirteen soft rays; the ventrals, one spine and five soft rays; the 

 eaudal fin has seventeen rays, and has its upper lolie acute, hut its 

 lower rounded. 



There is said to he a permanent variety of this lish, I'nthriiKi 

 ('oroides, pecidiar to South Carolina, \\ hieh has two spines to 

 the anal fin, and is marked with nine dark vertical hands on 

 the hack. 



