FISHES, TITOH^ClCl %SW# ' 101 



77. Sc. Thynnw. Above brotniish-bliie, beneath silvery : 

 spurious fins about 10, both above and below. 



Tunny. Dr. Zcol. iii. t. ,52. Donovan t. 5. 



lto</y 3-10 feet long, a little convex above, becoming fnJdenly 

 slender to-.vards the- tail where it becomes angular : head fmall ; iris 

 pale green : tongue short, finoot'h : /ou'er-jazu longer : gill-cover of 

 2 pieces : 'Jca'les fmaJl, thin, deciduous : iirst dorsal-fin, concealed In 

 a cavity on the back when clofcd, i^-rayed ; fecond falcate, 12- 

 raycd : pectoral long, yellowish, sprayed: ventral short, grey, 

 6-iayed : anal yellowish, i3-rayed : taii grey, lunate, 3o-rayed j 

 fpurious-_fins yellow.. 



$8. Sc. Trac/mrut.. Above blue-green, beneath silvery: 

 upper gill-covers with a black spot : spurious fins 

 united ; lateral-line covered, with wide imbricate 

 prickly plates. 



Scad. Donovan's. Brit. Fishes i. tab. 3^ 



Body 12-18 inches long, covered with thin broad fcales, a little 

 prominent and carinate on the back : 'head large : jaws obtufe, th 

 lower-one longer : tongue broad, thin, finooth : iris reddish-silvery: 

 gift-cover of 2 pieces : fins whitish, the first rays 'of the first dorfal 

 black : dgrsal 8, 34-rayed ; pectoral 20; ventral ^6 j anal 30, vrkth 

 2 fpines before it ; tail lunate, ao-rayed. 



2V. GASTEROSTEUS. Stickleback. 

 n9. G. aculeatus. Above olive, beneath silvery-red : back 

 with 3 spines. 



Three-fpined Stickleback, Banistikle. Br. Zool. t. 50. Don. t. it. 



Body bately a inches long : head compressed, sloping : eyes large,, 

 prominent; iris silvery : sides silvery, fquare near the tail: chin 

 and breast fometimes fine red ; belly prominent: lateral-line rough, 

 near the back: fins yellowish; dorsal near the tall, 12-rayedi 

 pectoral 10; ventral A plate with 2 unequal fpines; anal 9, one of 

 .tt:erri i'pinous ; tail even 12-rayed. 



SO. G. Piingitiits. Olive, 'beneath silvery : back witli 

 about 10 spines. 



Ten~fpuied Stickleback. Br. Zool. ..50. Donov. t. 39. 



Bddy about an inch and a half long, with the dorfal fpines crossing 

 each other, and amounting fometimes to 11, fometimes only ^: 

 sides not fpeckled, yellowish; dorfal-fin lo-rayed; pectoral 10; 

 ventral of one fpine ; anal to ; tail a little rounded, is-raycd, 



>>1. G. Spinachia. Olive spotted with black: along tfce 

 sides of the jaws a silvery stripe : lateral-line promi- 

 nent, shielded : back with 15 spines. 



Fifteen-fpined Stickleback. Brit. Zool. t. 50. oaovan t. 45. 



Body 6 or 7 inches Jong, very slender and lanceolate toward* jrfv* 

 tail r head lengthened, cylindrical ; lower-javr longer : iris silver^ : 

 trust fomewhat ^-skled : lateral~iine compofed of a row of plate* j 

 dorsal-spin-es placed in a cavity and bent back : dorral-fin 7-rayed i 

 jxtteml oblong, 10 ; ventral of 2 fpinous rays : anal with a fpinc 

 before it ; tail rounded, with an elevated line abov.jU)d beneath, 

 12-rayed. 



23. MULLUS. Surmullet: 

 -82. M. barbatws. Red > with an olive tinge above and a 



silvery one beneath. 



Red Surmullet. Pennant Br. Zool. iii./. 271. n. 13$. 



Body 12-15 inches long, covered with thin decichiOBi fcale, 

 under which it is of a bright red : lower-jatwilh 2 cirri j t 

 .7, o-rayed .; pectoral 15 ; ventral 6} <jna/7 ; tail iO-ray 



