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pointed teeth: the tongue large and smooth: in 

 the throat are certain rough bones, serving to retain 

 the prey: between the eyes and mouth are two 

 foramina: the gill-covers consist each of a single 

 piece : the lateral line, which is nearer the back 

 than the abdomen, is rather broad, and is curved in 

 the direction of the back. This species is said to 

 be much esteemed as a food. Its general size is 

 that of a turbot. 



ASH-COLOURED STROMAT. 



Stromateus Cineretis. & drier eus, cauda furcata, lobo inferior e 

 longiore. 



Ash-coloured Stromat with forked tail, the lower lobe longer 

 than the upper. 



Stromateus cinereus. S. parte inferiore pinnae caudce longiore. 

 Block. 12. p. 81. t. 420. 



The body of this species is of a somewhat more 

 rhomboid form than that of the preceding, and the 

 fins are somewhat more extended or pointed : the 

 tail is more deeply forked, and the lower lobe con- 

 siderably exceeds the upper in length : the colour 

 of the whole animal is cinereous, with a cast of 

 yellow on the sides of the head and the base of the 

 fins and tail : the pectoral fins are tinged with red. 

 It is a native of the Indian seas, and grows to 

 about the length of a foot or more, and about the 

 thickness of two inches : it is considered as ex- 



