Clafs IV. 1 Or eRe Wie, 183 
The lateral line oddly diftorted, finking at each 
end, and rifing near the back in the middle: beneath 
it oneach fide is a round black {pot. 
The firft dorfal fin confifts of ten ftrong fpiny 
rays, with long filaments, reaching far beyond their 
ends : the fecond is placed near the tail, and confifts 
of twenty-four foft rays, the middlemoft of which 
are the longeft. 
The peétoral fins have fourteen rays, the ventral 
feven ; the firft fpiny, the others foft: it has two 
anal ie the firft confifts of four fharp fpines, the 
fecond o twenty-two foft ones, and reaches very 
near the tail. 
The tail is round at the end, and confifts of fif- 
teen branched rays. 
The color of the fides are olive, varied with light 
blue and white, and while living is very refplen- 
dent, and as if gilt, for which reafon it is called 
the Doree. 
The largeft fifh we have heard of weighed twelve size, 
pounds, 
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