&3 FISHES. APODES, 5. 6. 7. 



nostrils double, between the eyes and mouth : bach blue varied with 

 green, with a furrow for receiving the dorfal fin: sides And belly 

 silvery; lateral-i'ne straight, with another above and below it: 

 dorsal-fin nearly as long as the back, of 58 foft rays: pectoral-fin 

 fmali, 12-rayed: vent near the tail, with a brown fpot near it: 



anal-fin reaching from the vent to the tail, 28-rayed : tail slightly 



forked, with rounded lobes, 16-rayed. 



5. OPHIDIUM. 



T. O. barbatum. Lower-jaw with 2 long bifid cirri. 



Bearded Ophidium. Shaxu Zool. iv. p. 68. tab. 7. 



Body whitish, with a dusky tinge above, reddish beneath, covered 

 with fma.II dusky fpecks, long, thickish, covered with fmall fcales : 

 head fmall, without fcales : upper-jaw rather longer : lips thick : 

 teeth fucll : iris golden with a tranfparent nictitant membrane, 

 pupil Mark : lateral-line brown, straight: vent nearer the head: 

 pectoral-fns fmall, brown at the bafe, edged with grey : dorsal-fm 

 beginning above the middle of the back, united with the caudal and 

 anal, narrow, white edged with black : tart pointed. 



8. O. imberbe. Jaws without cirri : tail rather obtuse. 



iUardlefs Ophidium. Br. Zool.uu app. tab. 93. 



Body oblong, slender : head a little compressed, rounded : upper- 

 jaw rather longer: iris broad, silvery: gi/l-covers angular on the 

 upper-part, with a strong sharp point over the valve : lateral-line 

 near the back : vent nearly in the middle : pectoral-fns rather large, 

 lanceolate ; the rest all united, the ventral one as long as the 

 dorfal* 



6. LEPTOCEPKALUS. Morris. 



9. Leptocephalus MorUm. 



Anglefea Morris. Br. Zool. \\\.i. 25. Shaw Zool. iv. f. 10. 



Body about 4 inches long, flat, thm, nearly tranfparent, growing 

 slenderer towards the tail and pointed : eyes large : teeth very fmall, 

 in both jaws : lateral-line straight, decussate with oblique striae: 

 aperture of the gilis large : pectoral, ventral, caudal-fins none ; dorfal- 

 fin low, thin, extending the whole length of the back to near the 

 tail : anal-fin reaching to near the tail : tail pointed. 



7. XIPJItAS* Sword-fish. 



10. X. Gladius. Dorsal-fin falcate, tapering behind. 



Common Sword-fish. Br. Zool. iii-, t. 26. Shaw Zool. iv. t. 14, 



Body growing to 20 feet long, round, taper : head flattish, sloping, 

 steel-blue i jaws both pointed ; the Upper-one 4 times as long as 

 the lower, flattish above and beneath, acute at the sides, with a 

 furrow down the middle : nostrils double, near the eyes : aperture 

 <!>f the gills large, the cover of 2 pieces: back bluish-black : sides 

 and belly silvery white : lateral-line a feries of black fpecks : dorsal- 

 fin brown, fuddenly sloping, arched, with an elevated procefs near 

 the tail, 42-rayed : pectoral yellowish, 17-rayed ; anal falcate, cine- 

 reous, 18-rayed: tail femilunar, with a fin-like procefs each side 

 before it. 



ORDER II. JUGULARES. JUGULAR. 



8. CALLIONYMUS. Dragonet. 



11. C Lyra. First ray of the lirst dorsal fin as long as, 

 the body. 



Gemmeous Dragonet. Br. Zool. iii. t. 27. Donov. Fish. t. 9. 



Body about a foot long, variegated rich blue yellow and white : 

 head oblong, broad, above convex and brown, beneath flat, fpotted 



