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PALLASIAN SUN-FISH. 



the rest of the skin, intermixed, towards the hind 

 part especially, with numerous pale spots. This 

 also is probably a variety of the oblong Sun-Fish, 

 and is mentioned by Cepede from the MSS. and 

 drawings of Commerson, who observed it in the 

 Indian seas. 



PALLASIAN SUN-FISH, 



Cephalus Pallasianus. C. argenteus, dorso suhfusco, abdomine 

 carinnto spinoso. 



Silvery Sun-Fish^ with brownish back, and spiny carinated 

 abdomen. 



I>iodon Mola. D. Derticaliter semiovalis, posterius fere truft" 

 catiis, ventre carinato semidiscoideo, Lin, Gmel, Pall, spic, 

 zool. 8. p. 39. 



Similar in point of habit to the two preceding, 

 having a thin body and a lengthened semi-oval 

 shape : size of the specimen observed by Pallas 

 not exceeding a few inches : colour silvery, with 

 dusky back : mouth prominent : jaws rather carti- 

 laginous than osseous : back armed with two spines 

 and three tubercles : near the throat two spines, 

 and some others on each side the carina of the ab- 

 domen : pectoral fins furnished with fourteen rays. 

 Native of the tropical seas. 



