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The first dorsal fin had four rays ; the first ray 

 setaceous, extending a little higher than the 

 others, the last very short ; the two first rays and 

 webs were yellow, the others black ; the second 

 dorsal had ten soft rays, their ends extending 

 beyond the webs, which were pellucid ; the pec- 

 toral fins consisted of twenty rays, and were 

 ferruginous, spotted with a deeper cast of the 

 same ; the ventral fins consisted of five broad 

 and much branched rays, like those of the first 

 species ; the anal fin was white, and had ten 

 rays ; the tail had ten rays. In both species 

 they are bifurcated at their ends, and the ray 

 next the anal fin in both is very short. In 

 colors this is far inferior to the former, being of 

 a dirty yellow, mixed with white and dusky 

 spots ; the belly is entirely white. 



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