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LIGHT-ARMED CENTRISCUS. 



tail small and slightly rounded. Native of the 

 Mediterranean and Indian seas : numbered among 

 edible fishes, but from its size and thinness esteem- 

 ed of no great impprtance. 



LIGHT-ARMED CENTRISCUS. 



Centriscus Velitaris. C. semiscutatus argenteus, spina dorsali 

 subrecumbente. 



Half- shielded silvery Centriscus, with subrecumbent dorsal 

 spine. 



Centriscus velitaris. C. corpore ex oblongo lanceolato, setulis 

 recumbentibus ad nates hispido. Lin. Syst, Nat, GmeL Fall, 

 spic. zool. 8. p. 36. 



Length about two inches : colour silvery, w^ith 

 yellowish-grey back: abdomen formed into a tri- 

 angular keel before the ventral fins : back mailed 

 by a rhombic shield, marked by four oblique lines : 

 in the middle a strong, recumbent, somewhat move- 

 able, and very sharp, serrated spine, beneath which 

 is a second : vent-fin broad : tail slightly rounded. 

 Native of the Indian seas. 



