&8 FISHES. APODES. 5. 6. 7. 



nostrils double, between the eyes and mouth : back blue varied with 

 green, with a furrow for receiving the dorfal fin: sides and belly 

 silvery ; lateral-lhte straight, with another above and below it : 

 dorsal-fin nearly as long as the back, of 58 f oft rays : pectoral-Jin 

 fmall, i2-rayed: vent near the tail, with a brown fpot near it: 

 anal-Jin reaching from the vent to the tail, 28-rayed : tail slightly 

 forked, with rounded lobes, i6-rayed. 



5. OPHIDIUM. 



7. O. barbatum. Lower-jaw with 2 long bifid cirri. 



Bearded Ophidium. Shaw Zool. iv. p. 68. tab. 7. 



Body whitish, with a dusky tinge above, reddish beneath, covered 

 with fmall dusky fpecks, long, thickish, covered with fmall fcales : 

 head fmall, without fcales : upper-jaw rather longer : lips thick : 

 teeth fmall : iris golden with a tranfparcnt nictitant membrane, 

 pupil black : lateral-line brown, straight : vent nearer the head : 

 pectoral-fins fmall, brown at the bafe, edged with grey : dorsal-fin 

 beginning above the middle of the back, united with the caudal and 

 anal, narrow, white edged with black : tail pointed. 



8. O. imberbe. Jaws without cirri : tail rather obtuse. 



Bcardlefs Ophidium. Rr. Zool. iii. app. tab. 93. 



Body oblong, slender: head a little compressed, rounded : upper- 

 jaw rather longer: iris broad, silvery: gill-covers angular on the 

 upper-part, with a strong sharp point over the valve : lateral-line 

 near the back : vent nearly in the middle : pecloral-jins rather large, 

 lanceolate : the rest all united, the ventral one as long as the 

 dorfal. 



6. LEPTOCEPHALUS. Morris. 



9. Leptocephalus Mori^ii. 



Anglefea Morris. Br. Zool. iii. t. 2,5. Shaw Zool. iv. f. 10. 



Body about 4 inches long, flat, thin, nearly tranfparent, growing 

 slenderer towards the tail and pointed : eyes large : teeth very fmall f 

 in both jaws : lateral-line straight, decussate with oblique striae : 

 aperture of the gills large : pectoral, ventral, caudal-fins none : dorfal- 

 fn low, thin, extending the whole l.ength of the back to near the 

 tail : anal-fin reaching to near the tail : tail pointed. 



7. XIPHT AS. Sicord-fish. 



10. X. Gladius. Dorsal-fin falcate, tapering: behind. 



Common Sword-fish. Br. Zool. iii. t. 26. Shaw Zool. iv. t. 14, ' 



Body growing to 20 feet long, round, taper -.head flattish, sloping, 

 steel-blue : jaws both pointed ; the upper-one 4 times as long as 

 the lower, flattish above and beneath, acute at the sides, with a 

 furrow down the middle : nostrils double, near the eyes ; aperture 

 of the gills large, the cover of 2 pieces: back bluish-black : sides 

 and belly silvery white : lateral-line a ferics of black fpecks : dorsal- 

 Jin brown, fuddenly sloping, arched, with an elevated procefs near 

 the tail, 42-rayed : pectoral yellowish, ly-raycd : anal falcate, cine- 

 reous, i8-rayed: tail femilunar, with a fin-like procefs each side 

 before it. 



ORDER II. JUGULARES. JUGULAR. 



8. CALLIONYMUS. -Dragonet. 



11. C Lyra. First ray of the first dorsal fin as long as 

 the body. 



Gemmeous Dragonet. Br. Zool. iii. t. 27. Donou. Fish. t. g. 



Body about a foot long, variegated rich blue yellow and white : 

 head oblong, broad, above convex and brown, beneath flat, fpotted 



