INDIAN DORY. 



bright silver-colour, tinged with a blueish cast on 

 the upper parts : head small : mouth furnished with 

 very small teeth : second ray of the dorsal and anal 

 fin reaching far beyond the membrane : tail forked : 

 native of the American seas, and sometimes seen 

 in those of the north of Europe : considered as an 

 edible fish, but not much esteemed, on account of 

 the extreme thinness of its body. 



INDIAN DORY. 



Zeus Gallus. Z. argenteus, radio dorsali decimo analiquc secundo 



cor pore longior Urns. 

 Silvery Dory, with the tenth ray of the dorsal and second of 



the anal fin longer than the body. 

 Zeus gallus. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 4.34. Block, t. \Q1.f. 1. 



SHAPE rhomboidal, like that of the preceding 

 species : length the same : body very thin, silvery, 

 and without scales : back tinged with a greenish 

 hue : the tenth ray of the dorsal fin, and the 

 second of the anal*, stretching far beyond the mem- 

 brane : head large ; mouth wide : native of the 

 American and Indian seas, and numbered among 

 esculent fishes : when first taken is said to make a 

 grunting kind of noise, like some of the Gurnards. 



* It may perhaps be doubted whether the species of this genus 

 are accurately distinguishable by this particular character. 



