Mr, Feck^s account of four remarkable Fi/hes» ji^J 



The branchial membrane is expan<ied, naked, and fupport- 

 ed by fix bones,- 



* The eyes, leather Ihiall and Black, have the ifis fomewhat 

 filvery, and are a little funk in their orbits. The head is i A 

 inch in length. 



The body is long, nearly roimd, ilippery, and deflitute of 

 fcales ; diminifhing gradually from the beginning of the anal 



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fin, and ending obtufely at the infertion of the tail. The 



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colour of the body is nearly that of the human Ikin, with 

 fcattered blotches of a pale ruft-colour,, 



' There is iio lateral linc^ The alnii is pkccd b^fors the 

 ec^uilibrium of the iifh.. 



The dorfal fin occi\pies the whoi'e length of the back, be- 

 ginning a little behind the region of the pecflOTa! fin, and 

 extending to the tail, with which it is connecfled by its niem 

 branes. It is fvipported by LXXVI fmiple rays, which do n< 

 perforate the margin of the fin.. , 



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The peroral fin is " fmallj of a hxo%dt' oval figure, iiifeft- 

 cd a little behind tile branchial aperture, and furnimed^ with 



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XXV foft, branched rays. 



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There are no ventral fins. The anal nn has XLIX rays, 



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the three firfl of w^hich are fimple, the retl branched. It ex- 

 tends to the tail, with which like the dorflil fin, it i^ united by 

 ife mcrribranes. The lafl rays in' both are a little removed 



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from tht^fe of tki tai^ h xMx they ai'e ea£ly diflingmfhed. 



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