Class IV. A R G P: N T I N E. 327 



Teeth in the laws and tons^ue. XXXV. 



Eight branchiQftegous rays. TINE. 



Vent near the tail. 

 The ventral fins compofed of many rays. 



Spliyr2;naparva,iiverphyr'£en^ Argentina. Arted. fymn,\']. ir6.SHEPPY. 



fecundafpecies. i2ff«<3V/. 227. Argentina <S/^r<^«fl. Lin. 



Gefner pifc. 2>^l^ fyjl, 518. Grono'U, Zooph, 



Pifciculus Roma, Argentina No. 349 ? 



diclus. Wil. Icth. 229. Rail 



fyn. pifc. 108 ? 



A LITTLE fifh, which I believe to be of 

 this fpecies, was brought to me in 1769, 

 taken in the fea near 'Downing. 



The length was two inches one-fourth : the 

 eyes large-, and irides filvery. The lower jaw 

 floped much : the teeth fmall. 



The body compreiTed, and of an equal depth 

 almoft to the anal fin. The tail forked. 



The back was of a duflcy green : the fides and 

 covers of the gills as if plated with filver. The la- 

 teral line was in the middle and quite ftrait. 



On each fide of the belly was a row of circular 

 pun6tures : above them another, which ceafed near 

 the vent. 



Mr. Willughhy fays, that the outfide of the air 

 bladder of this fifh confifts of a foliaceous filvery 

 fkin, which was made ufe of in the manufadurc 

 of artificial pearl. 



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