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The irides are filvery: the mouth large: the 
teeth are fituated in the jaws, and are very fmall: in 
the roof of the mouth is a triangular rough fpace, 
and juft at the gullet are two others of a roundifh 
form. 
The fcales are of a middling fize, are very thick 
fet, and adhere clofely. 
The firft dorfal fin has nine ftrong {piny rays, of 
which the firft is the fhorteft, the middlemoft the 
higheft; the fecond dorfal fin confifts of thirteen, 
rays, the firft fpiny, the others foft. 
The pectoral fins have fifteen foft rays; the ven- 
tral fix rays, the firft fpiny: the anal fourten rays, 
the three firft fpiny, the others foft: the tail is a lit- 
tle forked. 
The body is formed fomewhat like that of a fal- 
mon, 
The color of the back is dufky, tinged with 
blue. 
The belly white. In young fith the fpace above. 
the fide line is marked with {mall black fpots. 
It is efteemed a very delicate fifh. | 
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