indeed be confidered as the moft fuperb of all the 

 European fifh, and when recently taken exhibits an 

 appearance fo Angularly vivid as to furpafs all the at- 

 tempts of art to give an adequate idea of its beauty. 

 It alfo varies in this refped ; the predominating colour 

 being either red or green, with a rich luftre of gold, 

 and appearing as if varnifhed. The whole body, ex- 

 cept on the belly, is fprinkled with numerous oval fpots 

 of a lilvery white. The fins are commonly fcarlet. 

 The tail is very broad and ftrongly lunated. This 

 moil elegant fifh is fometimes found on the Britiih coaft, 

 but is more frequent on thofe of other parts of Europe. 

 It grows to a very large fize, having been feen of the 

 length of three feet, and of the weight of an hundred 

 pounds. It may not be improper to obferve that moft 

 of the other fillies of the genus, except the Doree, are 

 fmall fpecies, remarkable for their mining filvery 

 colour, the great breadth of their bodies, their thin 

 or comprefTed form, and the length of fome of the 

 rays of their dorfal and caudal fins, which frequently 

 run out far beyond the reft. 



