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thirty spines : and armed externally with five bones re- 

 sembling teeth. 



SECTION II. 



SOFT FINNED FISHES. 



SOFT FINNED APODAL FISHES. 



Th e muraena, or eel : the body round and slender ; 

 the head terminating in a beak ; the fin covering the 

 gills with ten rays ; and the fins of the back uniting to 

 those of the tail. 



The girnnotus, or carapo, is a native of Brasil : the 

 body is broadest on the back, like the blade of a knife; 

 the head small ; and the fin covering the gills with five 

 rays. 



The anarchias, or wolf-fish : the body roundish, yet 

 slender; the head large and blunt; and the fin cover- 

 ing the gills with six rays. 



The stromateus : the body oblong ; the head small ; 

 and the fin covering the gills with five or six rays. 



SOFT FINNED JUGULAR FISHES. 



, The lepadogaster : the body wedge-like ; the head 

 oblong, and terminating in a beak resembling that of 

 a duck ; the pectoral fins double, the ventral ones 

 joined together; and that which covers the gills with 

 five rays. 



The gadus, or cod-fish : the body oblong ; the head 

 wedge-like ; and the fin covering the gills with seven 

 rays. 



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