BEAUTIFUL FISH. 924 
The Rainbow fish is from six to twelve inches long. Its color 
isadark green. Its scales are large, and their tinted margins 
reflect the light in all the colors of the rain-bow—hence its name. 
Its teeth are like those of the bluefish, with two plates upon each 
jaw, which protrude from its lips. 
The Parrot fish is most brilliantly colored. It is principally 
of a bluish green, with purple marks on the back and near the 
mouth, and yellow and red marks near the tail. The scales are 
edged with a dark wine color. 
Catesby’s description of it is more full; he says the body of the 
Parrot fish is covered with large green scales; the eye is red and 
yellow; the upper part of the head brown, the lower part and 
gills blue, bordered with dusky red; astreak of red extends from 
the tail to behind the gills, at the upper end of which there is a 
bright yellow spot. It has five fins; one extends almost the 
length of the back, and is of a bay or cinnamon color; there are 
two behind the gills blended with black, green and purplish col- 
ors, with their edge verged with blue. Under the abdomen is 
another red fin, verged with blue; under the anus extends another 
long, narrow green fin, with a list of red through the middle of 
it. At the basis of the tail, on each side, is a large yellow spot. 
The tail is large, forked, and green, with a curved line running 
through the middle, parallel to the curve of the tail, and ending 
in white points. It is more remarkable for its beauty than es- 
teemed for delicacy. 
The Spanish Hog fish is about ten inches in length, and weighs 
about one pound. The color of its upper portion—being all above 
a line drawn from the extremity of the dorsal fin to the pectoral 
fin—is a dark purple wine color, with dark brown bands on the 
edges of the tail; below this line the color is yellow, deepening 
in some places into orange. It is beautiful but poisonous. 
The Yellow Angel fish is unsurpassed for the admiration which 
