Spotted guaperva. 
The (lonal and anai£ns, are grey: that of the 
tail resembles orpiment or yellow arsenic. 
Tiiere is, on the tail, a little before it's ex- 
tremity, a black band, which is transversely 
interse6^:ed at the centre cf another. The 
first dorsal fin is composed of three spinous 
rays united by a membrane ; the second has 
Wenty-sixrays, which are bony and ramified; 
and the anal fin has twenty-two similar rays. 
The pedloral fin has fourteen rays, and liie 
tail twelve. 
it is remarked, that the more the red colour 
cf the teeth of this fish approaches a red brown, 
the more fatal are the dreadful elFedls which it 
has on those who eat it. 
This fish is commonly covered with a vis- 
cous humour, which renders it brilliant, and 
heightens it's natural colour. 
