Class IV. L E S T H A K E, 



to the tail : the lateral line was incurvated : the tail 

 was rounded. 



The color was a cinereous brown. 



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Earbus minor Ccrnuhienfis cirris bifurcis. The Lefier Forked ^^t Lest* 

 Beard. yix.Ja^. Rail jyn. pi/c. 16^, Jig. S, 



WE never faw this fpecies, and having but 

 very imperfe6t defcriptions of it, cannot 

 with any certainty pronounce it to be of this ge- 

 nus, but are unwilling to feparate them, as we 

 found them united by that judicious Icthyologiil 

 Mr. Jago. 



It is faid not to exceed five inches in length : 

 the firft dorfal fin (in the print) is fliorter than 

 that of the preceding; the fecond refembles that 

 of the other kind : the ventral fins bifurcated. It 

 has a fmall beard, and a rounded tail, but the 

 head is . ihorter and more deep ; the color black, 

 the ikin fmooth, and the appearance dilagreeable* 



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