Clas IV, TEN SPINED S. BACK. 21g 
Horhe TEN SPINED S. BACK. 
La petite Efpinoche. Belo. Gafterofteus aculeis in dorfo 
28. cecem. Arted. /ynon. 80. 
Pifciculi aculeati alteram ge- Gajterofteus pungitius. Lin. 
nos. Rondel. fluviat. 206. fy a 491. Gronov. Zooph. No. 
| Gefner pife. 8 
_Leffer Stickleback. Wil Icth. senuuee Gaddfur, Gorquad. 
342- Rati fyn. pif. 145. = Faun. fuec. No. 337. 
HIS fpecies is much fmaller than the former, 
and of a more flender make. 
The back is armed with ten fhort fharp fpines, 
which do not incline the fame way, but crofs each 
other. 
The fides are fmooth, not plated like thofe of 
the preceding : in other particulars it refembles the 
_ former. 
The color of the back is olive: the belly fil- 
very. 
P 3 II. The 
