370 MR. BORLEY ON THE POISON APPARATUS OF THE WEEVER. 
distinguished as the Lesser Weever, they are larger in 
proportion to the size of the fish. The poison glands are 
lodged in « 5 or 6 rays of the dorsal fin, and /3 a spinous 
outgrowth of the opercular bone. 
groove for poison gland. 
Of these two organs the former is by far the more conspicuous 
and the less powerful. Very probably the black pigmented 
membrane between the dorsal spines has the effect of warning 
other fish of the wisdom of avoiding the Weever ; its flesh is 
very good to eat, and were the fish unprotected it would 
probably be preyed upon by other fishes to a considerable 
