FISHES. -THORACICI. 22. 23. 101 



If. Sc. Tltynnus. Above brownish-blue, beneath silvery : 

 spurious fins about 10, both above and below. 



Tunny. Br. Zool. iii. t. 52. Donovan t. 5. 



Body 3-10 feet long, a little convex above, becoming fuddenly 

 slender towards the tail where it becomes angular : head fmall ; iris 

 pale green : tongue short, finooth : lower-jaw longer: gill-cover of 

 2 pieces : fcales fmall, thin, xleciduous : first dorsal-Jin, concealed in 

 a cavity on the back when clofed, 14-rayed ; fecond falcate, 12- 

 rayed : pectoral long, yellowish, 32-rayed : ventral short, grey, 

 6-rayed : anal yellowish, 13-rayed: tail grey, lunate, 30-rayed j 

 fpurious-fins yellow. 



78. . Se. Trachurus. Above blue-green, beneath silvery : 

 upper gill-covers with a black spot : spurious fins 

 united : lateral-line covered with wide imbricate 

 prickly plates. 



8cad. Donovan's Brit, Fishes i. tab. 3. 



Body 12-18 inches long, covered with thin broad fcales, a little - 

 prominent and carinate on the back : head large : jaws obtufe, the 

 lower-one longer : tongue broad, thin, fnaooth : iris reddish-silvery: 

 gill-cover of a pieces : fins whitish, the first rays of the first dorfal 

 black : dorsal 8, 34-rayed ; pectoral 20; ventral 6; anal 30, with 

 2 fpines before it ; tail lunate, 2G-rayed. 



22. GASTEROSTEUS. Stickleback. 

 19. G. aculeatiis. Above olive, beneath silvery-red : back 

 with 3 spines. 



Three-fpined Stickleback, Banistikle. Br. Zool. t. 50. Don. t. n» 

 Body barely 2 inches long : head compressed, sloping : eyes large, 

 prominent; iris silvery: sides silvery, fquare near the tail: ctyin 

 and breast fometimes fine red: belly prominent : lateral -line rough, 

 near the back: fins yellowish; dorsal near the tail, 12-rayed; 

 pectoral 10; ventral a. plate with 2 unequal fpines ; anal 9, oni of 

 thsmfpinous; tail even 12-rayed. 



$0. G. Pungitius. Olive, beneath silvery : back with 

 about 10 spines. 



Ten-fpined Stickleback. Br, Zool. t. 50. Donav. t, 32. 



Body about an inch and a half long, with the dorfal fpines crossing 

 each other, and amounting fometimes to 11, fometimes only 9: 

 sidjEf not fpeckled, yellowish ; dorfal-Jin io-r ay ed ; pectoral icj 

 ventral of one fpine ; anal 10 ; tail a little rounded, 12-rayed, 



SI. G. Spinachia. Olive spotted with black: along the 

 sides of the jaws a silvery stripe : lateral-line pronti* 

 nent, shielded : back with 15 spines. 



rlfteen-fpined Stickleback. - Brit. Zool. t. 50. Donovan t. 45. 



Body 6 or 7 inches long, very slender and lanceolate towards the 

 tail : head lengthened, cylindrical ; lower-jaw longer : iris silvefy: 

 trunk fomewhat 5-sided : lateral-line compofed of a row of plates ; 

 dorsal-spines placed in a cavity and bent back : dorsal-Jin 7-rayed ; 

 pectoral oblong, 10 ; ventral of 2 fpinous rays : anal with a f pirns 

 before it ; tail rounded, with an elevated line above and beneath^ . 

 12-rayed. 



23. MULLUS. Surmullet. 

 82. M.barbatus. Red, with an olive tinge above and a 

 silvery one beneath. 



Red Surmullet. Pennant Br, Zool. iit. p. 271. n>. 135^ 



Body. 12-15 inches long, covered with thin deciduous fcales, 

 under which it is of a bright red : lower-javn with 2 cirri : donal-fifis 

 7, 9«ray«d j pectoral 15 j ventral 6; anal 7 j tail i6«rayedv 



