PYED ACARAUNA. 
gle fin from the middle of the belly to the tail, 
ending likewise in* an angle. These fins are bf 
a diiFerent stru6lure, and stronger, towards 
the head, than they are more backward, as is 
expressed in the figure. It has a moderate 
tail. The head and fore-part of the fish, with 
the two pair of small fins forward, and the 
tail, are white. The lower fin is also bor- 
dered with w^hite: the upper fin is white at 
it's beginning, and edged with white from it's 
sngle to the tail. The hinder part of the 
body, and greater fins, are of a dark, dusky, 
purple colour. The scales are very strong 
j:nd firm. This fish has no appearance of a; • 
]:iteral1Ine," 
