Class IV. GREATER WEEVER. 



above the lateral line, is a continued one of the 

 same color; beneath the side line is a faint 

 tinge of yellow ; from the back to the belly, 

 are numerous lines of a zigzag form. The tail 

 is light yellow, marked with black at the end. 



Draco major seu araneus. Sal- La Vive. Duhamel Tr. des 2. Greater. 



vian. 70. 2. Pesches, iii. 134. sect. 6. 



Greater Weever. Tour in Scot- tab. I. Jig- I. 



land. 1769. p. 27. 



JL HE eyes are large ; the irides golden ; under Descrip- 

 jaw longer than the upper ; before each eye are 

 two short spines ; on each gill-cover, is a strong 

 and very sharp pellucid spine. The first dorsal 

 fin has five sharp spines ; the connecting webs 

 of the three first black ; the second dorsal fin 

 extends almost to the tail, and has thirty-one 

 soft rays ; the anal fin, thirty-two, thick and soft, 

 the ends reaching beyond the webs, and hooked ; 

 the pectoral fins pale red. On the base of the 

 tongue and on the palate, is a series of small 

 teeth. The tail is slightly lunated. The color 

 of the head and back cinereous ; the former 

 marked with dusky spots ; the gill-covers striped 

 with yellow. The scales are very small, and 

 run singularly in oblique rows to the belly ; the 

 sides are marked with oblique lines of dull 



