ey P60) OF OR 1st 
Belon fays, that when it is dried in the fun, it grows 
as hard as horn; Cre dela que les Ancxois Pont 
nommé Bouclzs horn. 
It is the fmalleft fpecies yet difcovered, being 
little more than fix inches long. 
On the chin is a fmall beard:, the eyes are covered 
with a loofe membrane: on the gill-covers, and the 
jaws are on each fide, nine punctures, 
The firft dorfal fin has twelve rays; the fecond 
nineteen ; the third feventeen. 
The pectoral fins thirteen; the ventral fins fix : 
the firft anal fin twenty-feven; the fecond feven- 
teen. 
The color on the back 1s a light brown; on the 
belly a dirty white. 
We owe the difcovery of this kind in our feas 
to the Rev. Mr. Jae. 
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