158 MORRIS. Class IV. 



XV. Small head. 



MORRIS. 



Body extremely thin, compreiTed Tideways. 

 No pedoral fins. 



67. Angle- Leptocephalus. Grono'v. Zooph.'^o. 409. tab, 13.^. 3. 



SEA. 



^TT^HIS fpecies was difcovered in the fea near 

 ^ Holyhead by the late Mr. William Morris^ 

 and, in m.emory of our worthy friend, we have 

 given it his name. On receiving it from Mr. Mor- 

 ris^ we communicated it to that accurate Icthyo- 

 logifl, Dodor Laurence 'Theodore Gronovius^ of Ley- 

 den^ who has defcribed it in his Zoophylacium^ 

 under the title of Leptocephalus^ or fmall head. 

 Bescrip. The length was four inches ; the head very fmall 5 



the body compreiTed fideways, extremely thin, and 

 almoft tranfparent, about the tenth of an inch thick, 

 and in the deepeft part about one- third of an inch; 

 towards the tail it grew more {lender, and ended 

 in a point ; towards the head it floped down, the 

 head lying far beneath the level of the back. 



The eyes large; the teeth in both jaws very 

 fmall. 



The lateral line ftrait : the fides marked with 

 oblique ilrokes, that met at the lateral line. 



The 



