THE 



O PA H, 



OR 



IMPERIAL ZEUS. 



Generic Character. 



Head comprefled, Hoping down : Upper Up arched 

 by a tranfverfe membrane. Tongue Tubulate. 



Branchiojiegous membrane with feven perpendicular 

 rays ; the lower tranfverfe. 



Body comprefled. 



Specific Character, &c. 



ZEUS with fomewhat lunated tail : the body 

 generally either red, green, or purple, with 

 oval white fpots. 



OPAH or KING-FISH. 



Phil. Tranf. abr. XL p. 879. t. 5. 

 Brit. Zool. III. p. 195 t. 42. f. 2. 



Of all the fpecies of this genus, which is not a nu- 

 merous one, the fifli here delineated is by far the larg- 

 er!; as well as the moll fplendid in its colour : it may 



indeed 



