CHORD ATED STYLEPHORUS. 8 9 



circumstance more properly than from the extraor- 

 dinary thread-like process of the tail, I have applied 

 to it the title of chordatus. It is a native of the 

 West-Indian seas, and was taken between Cuba and 

 Martinico, near a small cluster of little islands about 

 nine leagues from shore, where it was observed 

 swimming near the surface. The whole length of 

 this uncommon animal, from the head to the extre- 

 mity of the caudal process, is about thirty-two 

 inches, of which the process itself measures twenty- 

 The plate represents it in its natural size. 



