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Mr. Pcck^s accQimt of four remarlzaMc Fiffjes 



The fides are gently convex. 



The abdomen 



ly of the 



fame figure with the back and Is a little more arching : the 

 carina is bony, as in the herring tribe, but not fer rated. The 



lateral lint 



ed ; and near the back but not quite par 



IqI to it. The anus linear, and one third nearer the head than 

 to the t?il. The tail narrow and terminated by a deeply di- 



Tided fin. 



The fcales 



her finalL imbricated, finooth, clofe, flexi- 



ble, and eafily rubbed off ;. of a bright pearl colour. 



ine, pointing forwa 



There is a fmall horizontal 



the 



beginning of the dorfal fin ; another at the beginning oi the 

 anal fin : and a third, arifing from the fternum and pointing 



m 



backward, a little before the anus. 



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' The dorfal fin occupies almoft the whole length of the back, 

 and terminates at the narrowing of the tail. It contains XLV . 



L 



rays, the four firfl fimple, the reft branched, the fifth and fixtli 

 longefl ; whence gradually ihorter to the middle of the fin 

 from which they retain nearly the fame length. The pe(ftor- 

 al fins are lance (haped, about a quarter part as long as the 

 filh, and furnilhed with XXI foft rays, the lower ones ve; 

 fliort. There are no ventral fins. The anal fin is of the fame 

 form with the dorfal, but fmaller ; extends as far back as that 

 does, and is fupported by XLII rays. The tail fin forked and 

 acute, a httle fhorter than the pedoral and has XXI rays. 



The whole length of the fpecimen from which die figure 



y 



2 



was 



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