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Mouth capacious, and inclined upward. 



Two dorsal fins, the foremost of which is composed of stiffer rays 

 than the hinder. The first anal ray is spinous. 



If he is the young of some species, I am unable to determine what 

 that species is. 



Rays, Br. 4. P. 7. V. 7. D. 7—13. A. 10. C. 17. 

 5. White Perch. (Bodianus pallidus.) With soft and connected 

 dorsal fins, pale back, and white sides. 



Length eight inches ; depth two and a half. Colour whitish, with a 

 dark hue according to the angle of reflected light. Back pale. Belly" 

 silvery. Tail even. Lateral line extending through it. 



Small teeth in the lips. Patches of them in the throat. Eyes large 

 and pale. Nostrils double. Four or five holes under the chin, but no 

 cirrhi. 



Middle gill plate both jagged and thorny. 



Head scaly. In some aspects the scales appear in the form of spotted 

 rows, neither striped nor zoned. One short and one long spine to the 

 anal fin. Ventrals and anal yellowish. Dorsals two, running into each 

 other, and the foremost scarcely spinous. 



Rays, Br. 6. P. 14. V. 6. D. 9—23. A. 12. C. 19. 



6. Red Perch. (Bodianus rufus.) With three anal spines, first dor- 

 sal fin spinous and ramentose, and ruddy ventral and anal fins. 



Length ten inches; depth three and a half; thickness about two, 

 making him a thick and rather gibbous fish. I have seen them fourteen 

 inches long, and near five deep, brought from Quag on Long-Island. 



Middle gill-cover both serrated and moderately aculeated below. 

 Head scaly, and rather elongated. 



Jaws and throat armed with small teeth. Mouth and throat wide. 

 Tail forked, or rather lunated. Body whitish, and speckled with rows 

 of a kind of cream-colour and rusty brown. Lower fins and throat 



