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The pe6loral fins confifl of fourteen rays -^ the 

 ventral fin fmall, and placed very remote from the 

 head, confifts of ^tv^n rays, the firft fpiny. 



The dorfal fin lies on the very loweft part of the 

 back, confifts of fixteen rays •, the firft are highj 

 the others lower as they approach the tail % the 

 anal fin is of the fame form, and placed oppofite 

 to the other ; and has twenty-one rays. The tail 

 is much forked. 



The colors are extremely beautiful when the fiOa 

 is in the water : the back of a fine green, beneath 

 that appears a rich changeable blue and purple ; 

 the fides and belly are of a fine filvery hue. 



Saurus, Rondel, pifc. 232. Jy^^- pifc' 169. 1^5. Saurf^ 



Skipper, Comubienfium, Raii ThsSaury. Tour Scotland lySg. 



THE length is eleven inches : the nofe (lender ; 

 the jaws produced like thofe of the fea needle, 

 but of equal length. The upper mandible a little 

 incurvated. Their length one inch. 



The eyes large; the body anguilliform: but 

 towards the tail grows fuddenly fmaller, and tapers 

 to a very inconfiderable girth. On the lower part 

 of the back is a fmall fin, and between it and the 

 tail fix fpurious like thofe of the mackrel. Cor- 

 refpondent to thefe, below are the anal fin and fix 

 fpurious. The peroral and ventral fins very fm^ll i 

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