Class IV. SEA PERCH. 349 



at the gullet are two others of a roundish form ; 

 the scales are of a middling size, very thick set, 

 and adhere closely. The first dorsal fin has 

 nine strong spiny rays, of which the first is the 

 shortest, the middlemost the highest ; the second 

 dorsal fin consists of thirteen rays, the first 

 spiny, the others soft; the pectoral fins have 

 fifteen soft rays ; the ventral six rays, the first 

 spiny ; the anal fourteen rays, the three first 

 spiny, the others soft ; the tail is a little forked. 

 The body is formed somewhat like that of a 

 salmon. The color of the back is du%ky, tinged 

 with blue. The belly white. In young fish 

 the space above the side-line is marked with 

 small black spots. 



It is esteemed a very delicate fish. 



Une Perche de mer. Behn Perca marina. P. pinnis dor- 3. Sea. 



163. salibus unitis xv spinosis, 



Perca marina. Salman, 225. xiv muticis, corpore lituris 



Rondel. 182: variegato. Lin. Syst. 483. 



W'%1. Ichth. 327- Gm. Lin. 1313. 



Rail Syn. pise. 140. -Faun. Suec. 233. 



A HIS species is about- a foot long; the head Descrip- 

 large and deformed; eyes great; teeth small 

 and numerous. On the head and covers of the 



