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Oenus XLIV. Amia, 



Of this genus there is only one fpecies, diftinguidied by 

 the baldnefs of the forehead, which appears as if excori- 

 ated. The body is flender, a little comprelTed, and co- 

 vered with imbricated and flexile fcales ; the head is bony, 

 rough, and flattened ; the jaws of equal length, and fur- 

 niflied with a number of fliarp erecl teeth ; the tongue is 

 obtufe ; the palate armed with two teeth ; near the eyes 

 are two apertures of the noitrils ; and not far from them 

 are two beards. 



There is only one dorfal fin rifing from the middle of 

 |he back, radiated and floping ; the ventral and peroral 

 fins are fmall ; the former placed behind the equilibriunj 

 of the fifli, in the abdomen. The tail is rounded, fijp* 

 ■norted with rays, and fhort ||. 



II Guan. Gen. Pifcium, p. 208. 



