Class IV. LONGER PIPE. i39 



inches and a half long, covered by two longitudi- 

 nal valves which concealed a multitude of young 

 fifh. On crufhing this part, hundreds may be 

 obferved to crawl out. 



The general color of the fifh was an olive brown : 

 the fides marked with numbers of bluiih lines point- 

 ing from the back to the belly, which, in dried fifh, 

 feemed like the figns of fo many joints. Thofe in 

 a frefh fubjedl ceafed beyond the vent ^ all beyond 

 that was fpotted with brown. 



The dorfal fin was narrow and thin, confifring 

 of forty rays, was two inches long, and placed ra* 

 ther nearer to the head than the tail. 



The vent was feven inches from the tip of the 

 nofe •, the body to that orifice was of an equal 

 thicknefs, but from thence tapered to a very fmall 

 point, haviqg no mark of a fin. 



The pe6loral fins had twelve rays y the anal three. 



"When this fifh and the next fpecies are dried, 

 they appear covered with numbers of angular crufts, 

 finely radiated from their centre. 



As we want a generical name In our language 

 for this genus, we call it the Pipe Fijh^ from it^ 

 flender bodv. 



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