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LX. An Account of Four undffi Iribed Fifjes 
of Aleppo ; in a Fetter to Mr. Peter Col- 
linfon, F.R.S. /^Alexander RuffeL MFD* 
Read Jan. 15, 
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I R, 
AVING at Aleppo met with a 
few fifhes, which appeared to me 
fingular, I was induced to bring with me drawings 
and defcriptions of them ; which I have fince fhewn 
to feveral curious gentlemen, abroad as well as in 
England, to all of whom I found they were likewife 
unknown. 
Fig. iand4(TAB.XII.) feem to be quite new genera-, 
and 2 and 3, (TAB.XIII.)tho’ they belong to the fame 
genus with the Myflus, defcribed by Gronovius in his 
MuJ'. Ichthyologic , p. 34. N°. 83, and p. 35-, N°, 845 
yet are fpecies of thatfifh, that I cannot find have hi- 
therto been defcribed. I therefore imagined, that the 
laying them before the Royal Society would not be 
difagreeable ; and as you were fo kind as to offer 
me your affiftance on this occafion, I have fent you 
the drawings and defcriptions inclofed. I am. 
S I R, 
Lime-ftreet, 9 Dec. 
*75 5 - 
Your mod obedient 
humble fervant. 
Alex. RuffelL 
Vol. 45?. 
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