114 THE ARMED ENOPLOSSUS. 



part surround the body. The fins hav a yel- 

 lowish appearance, except the ventrals, which are 

 blackish, of which colour, or rather of a deep 

 gray, are the membranes between the spines and 

 rays of all the fins. 



It is abundant in the New Holland seas, but 

 appears to reach no great size, eight or ten inches 

 in length being the greatest which have yet 

 been seen* 



