JS^ 7:i»:-vv SPE€n:s OF FISHES. [ScptciTi-tj^r.- 



pGiiited, in some liiiiateil, in others sliglitly rcmnded^ 

 Tsigher than long at its Uase ; anal-fin l-on^^ its anterior 

 p5i't large :H ; dpercula large, Founded^ wi^li a slight 

 «icp]:c89ion on their posterior part. 



The bo^'j of tiii-s species dilYers from the foregoing^ 

 fa i-s form : it is short and deep, its length being more 

 than five tim/i.s tliat of the h<?ad, and its depth about a 

 beiid Tkml three quaFters^ the back is greatly elevated* 

 aliaost sliarp^ Jiaving a line, unriirnislvcd with scales, 

 v;iiich ex.tci2.!k from the nape as far as the base of the 

 ^rsvil-unt abdomen hanging very low, or very much 

 srcuated, carmated, and armed with twenty-nine 

 8|^)iQes ]. hexd short; /KOttf/t very small; intertnax'Uhrtes 

 large; maxUlaries very narrow, not pas,sing lM>yond 

 the eye^; nHindihles large, forming an angle within the 

 Tttoiith; t&etli noue; the extrenaity of the jjest&mls pass- 

 c*4:g beyond tlie anterior part (x? thcbaaa of fe^ie- re ??^^fl/^•, 

 which are situiit© Jromev.hat Hefoi* the dorseil-iiHf 

 ^rrddaljlnof considerable exientf but not &o forked as 

 ?ri tlie foregoing species ; length of spectmciis examin 

 €U.fiM>ia Q-h^it to twelve inches: ct)iour of the back n 

 ^ya^^iish blue* palo silver ori tlie »ides^ head of a burnt 

 ^rra d» siexvna, r/ixed w ith golden ; throat and abdo^ 

 mc7^ ^vliile; e>;tremi(y of the ventrals black, the re~ 

 aminiler of the fmr^ tinted v. lib gray- blue, yellow and 

 rreen, blackisli at tiieir extremities ; eijea small, i rides 

 ^rov/nish yellc-w, pupil black ; scales very narrow, 

 ^iu\. cro\vd<Ml. 



II. r.^V, io.'^V. i8.-^Y, 8.— A. a3.— C.llg. 



