20. FIFTEEN SPINED S. BACK. Clafs IV 
Wl. The FIFTEEN SPINEDS. BACK. 
Aculeatus, five Pungitius ma- Gafterofteus aculeis in dorfo 
rinus longus, Stein-bicker, quindecim. rted. Jynon. 
Ersfkruper. Schonevelde. 10. SI. 
tab. iv. Sib. Sect. ii1.24.tab. Galterofteus fpinachia. Lin. 
LS int iat Jif. 492.  Gronov. Zooph. 
Aculeatus marinus major. Wl. No. 407. Faun. fucc. Ne. 
Icth. 340. App. 23. Raii /yn. 338. 
pife. 145- 
HIS fpecies inhabits the fea, and is never 
found in frefh water. Ba 
Its length is above fix inches: the nofe is long 
and flender: the mouth tubular: teeth fmall. 
The fore part of the body is covered on each 
fide with a row of bony plates, forming a ridge; 
the body afterwards grows very flender, and & 
quadrangular. : 
Between the head and the dorfal-fin are fifteen 
{mall fpines: the dorfal fin is placed PPRon the 
anal fin: the ventral fins are wanting. 
The tail is even at the end. 
The color of the upper part is a deep brown: the 
belly white. 
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