Cag) 5M OU RM eg. 958 12 
GM 
Genus XV. Small head, 
Body extremely thin, compreffed 
fideways.. 
No pectoral fins. Morris, 
I. The WT CAO ae tS, 
Leptocephalus. Gronow, Zooph. No. 409. tab. 13. fig. 30 
HIS fpecies was difcovered in the fea near Ho- 
lybead by the late Mr. William Morris, and 
in memory of our worthy friend we have given it 
his name: on receiving it from Mr, Morris, we com- 
-municated it to that accurate Icthyologift Doctor 
Laurence Theodore Gronovius, of Leyden, who has 
defcribed it in his Zoephylacium, under the title of 
Leptocephalus, or {mall head. 
_ The length was four inches; the head very fmail, 
the body compreffed 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 flender, aid 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 Iine ftrait: the fides marked with 
oblique ftrokes, that met at the lateral line, 
The aperture to the gills large. 
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Defer. 
