SPUR-FISH. 
This curious and beautiful fish was first 
figured by Edwards, it is about nine inches 
long: and he calls it, "the Spur-Fish; from 
the two odd, pectinated, sharp-pointed, bones 
or spurs, on it*s upper and under sides." 
W e believe this fish to be extremely rare, 
not having observed that it is noticed by any 
other naturalist than Edwards; who informs 
us, that the dried subje6i: was lent to him by 
his friend Mr. Joseph Ames, having been col- , 
Ie6led by George Holmes, Esq. Keeper of the 
Records in the T'ower of London, but no ac- ' 
<iount of it's native place could be obtained. 
" After having soaked the dry fish in wa- 
ter," says Edwards, " to restore it in some 
measure to the colour it was of when living, 
it appeared almost of the colour of a herring i 
viz, of a greenish colour along the back, and 
a biueish purple white on the under side.. The 
spurs, while the fish was wet, might be rai-sed 
perpendicular to the lines of the hack and 
belly. 
