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feet in length, the body round, thick, and flefhy ; but 

 growing flender towards the tail, where it has ari angular 

 fhape. The two fins on he back are each flrengthened 

 by fourteen flrong fpines ; thofe of the firft are capable of 

 being depreffed, and folding fo clofely into a fulcus in the 

 back, that they become imperceptible. Behind the anal 

 and fecond dorfal fin, there are a number of fmall fpu= 

 rious ones both above and below. 



