DORY. 



to the head and tail gradually : the mouth was 

 little, and set with rows of small and sharp teeth : 

 the tongue round and cartilaginous, the pupil large 

 and black, in a white circle : it had seven fins, two 

 post branchias, and two under them in the belly ; 

 one on the highest part of the back, with a black 

 inch and half long ligula, and several prickles after 

 it : it had one other after this on the back very 

 large, and another on the belly, having each one 

 ear : . the tail was almost square ; the whole body 

 was coloured with grey or ash-coloured scales, 

 bating three or four transverse and black lines : it 

 had a very crooked line from head to tail." 



RED DORY. 



Zens Aper. Z. rubens, squamis asperis, cauda aquali. 



Reddish Dory, with rough scales and even tail. 



Zeus Aper. Z. cauda cequaU, corpore rubente. Lin. Syst. Nat. 



p. 1225. 

 Aper. Rondel. Aldrov. Will. $c. 



THIS is a small species, in habit much resembling 

 the common Dory, but scarcely more than three 

 inches in length, and of a reddish colour, like that 

 of the sea-bream (Erythrinus) : it is covered with 

 rough, ciliated scales : the snout is somewhat pro- 

 duced, sharpish, and turns a little upwards ; and 

 the mouth is protruded in the act of opening, like 

 that of the common Dory : there are no percepti- 

 ble teeth, and the eyes are large, with white irides: 

 the dorsal fins are two in number, the anterior 



