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eyes are large, but the colour of the iris could not 
be determined. The number of the branchioftegous 
rays is three. The body is flat, tapering towards 
the tail, and fcaly. The greater fpecimen meafures 
very near 1 5 inches from the nofe to the extremity 
of the tail j next to the head it is nearly two inches 
thick, about the dorfal fin 1 £ inch ; its greatefl: depth 
before the ventral fins is 2 * inches. On the fnout 
are about five round prominent tubercles ; two 
noftrils are found on each fide, the biggefl next 
before the eye is kidney-fhaped. The covers of the 
gills are double, and divided ; the head has feveral 
lutures ; over each eye, in a cavity, are two longi- 
tudinal ones, joined oppofite the noftrils by a itill 
-(hotter tranfverle one 3 on the covers of the gills are 
two, on each fide one, beginning near the lobes of 
the caruncula of the under-lip, and going up arched 
towards the eye. Near the extremity of the fnout 
begins on each fide a longitudinal one; it pafles under 
the eye, and mounts in a curvature behind it, then 
it goes on ftraight to the end of the head, where it 
again gets downwards, and joins the lateral line. 
Where the head joins to the body, thefe two futures 
are connected by a tranfverfal one, which, as it were, 
leparates the head from the body. The lateral line 
at firfl: defcends from the head, but then runs on 
draight, rather nearer the back than the body, to 
the beginning of the tail. The fcales are fmall near 
the head and back, increafing in fize towards the 
middle and tail, clofe to which they are again l'maller. 
The dorfal fin is placed fomewhat behind the equi- 
librium of the fifh, rhomboidal, and confiding of 
twelve drong branched rays. The pedloral fins are 
lanceo~- 
