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the head it sloped down, the head lying far beneath 

 the level of the back : the eyes large •> the teeth in 

 both jaws very small : the lateral line strait ; the 

 sides marked with oblique strokes that met at the 

 lateral edge : the aperture to the gills large : it 

 wanted the pectoral, ventral, and caudal fins : the 

 dorsal fin was extremely low and thin, extending 

 the whole length of the back very near the tail : the 

 anal fin was of the same delicacy, and extended to 

 the same distance from the anus. 



Gronovius observes, that on account of the ex- 

 treme tenuity of the body, the joints of the verte- 

 bras appear to project so distinctly along the sides 

 that it might almost pass, on a cursory view, for a 

 species of Taenia or tape-worm : the vertebral 

 joints, in some measure, expressing the papillary 

 foramina on the bodies of those animals. 



