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CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS BY 

 COLONEL MONTAGU. 



Ziphotheca tetradens, p. 81., et seq. 

 A very young specimen of this curious fish was 

 found alive on the shore in Slapton Bay, on the 

 south coast of Devon, about four miles east of the 

 Start Point, on the 7th of February in the present 

 year, (18 10.) I regretted not having seen it alive, 

 but it was quite fresh and perfect when brought 

 to me the day after it was taken, and is now in 

 high preservation in spirits. It measures about 

 ten inches in length, and half an inch in breadth, 

 at the broadest part, just behind the head, and 

 where its thickness does not much exceed one- 

 eighth of an inch. It differs in nothing but size 

 from that before described : the characteristic 

 larger teeth are conspicuous, and the two ventral 

 scales peculiar to the species, are also obvious, by 

 the assistance of a glass : the dorsal and anal fins 

 are so fine in this young specimen, and lie so close, 

 that they are not easily discovered, unless they 

 are lifted up by some pointed instrument : the 

 caudal fin is very small, but perfect : the under 

 jaw projects full as much in proportion as in the 

 larger fish : the whole skin is covered with a sil- 



