Class IV. GREAT WEEVER. 171 



minent, the lateral line (Irait: the covers of the 

 gills are armed with a very ftrong fpine. 



The Srft dorfal fin confifts of five very (Irong 

 fpines, which, as well as the intervening mem- 

 branes are tinged with black ; this fin, when qui- 

 efcent, is lodged in a fmall hodiow. 



The fecond confifts of feveral foft rays, com- 

 mences juft at the end of the firft, and continues 

 almofl to the tail. The peroral fins are broad 

 and angular ; the ventral fins fmalL 



The vent is placed remarkably forward, very 

 near the throat : the anal {in extends to a fmall 

 diftance from the tail, is a little hollowed in the 

 middle, but not fo much as to be called forke-d. 



The fides are marked lengthways with two or 

 three dirty yellow lines, and tranfverfely by num- 

 bers of fmall ones : the bellv filverv. 



Draco major feu araneus. Sal-u'ian. 70. 72. Gee at? 



Qreat^r Weever. Tqur Scotland, 1769, oftavp. 



THE length eleven inches : greateft depth one and three 

 quarters : head flat : eyes large : edges of the jaws 

 rough with minute teeth: lower jaw the longeft : head co- 

 vered with minute tubercles : cheeks ^nd gills with minute 

 l^ales : on the gills is a fharp fpine. 



Firil dorfal fin black, with five fpines : the fecond reaches 

 almoft to the tail : in the peftoral fins are thirteen branched 

 rays : in the ventral, fix : the anal extends oppoiite to the 

 fecond dorfal fin : tail large, triangular, even at the end. 



The fcales run in oblique lines from the back to the belly^ 

 with a divifion between each row. 



Inhabits the fea ij?ar Scarborough, 



