PLATE LXXII. 
this species ; the tail of the first is forked, that of the Goldfinny is 
even at the end.” 
From the above account, and from a reference to their figures, it 
will be apparent that the Fish we have met with is the same as the 
Goldfinny, of Jago and Ray, and consequently of Pennant. This 
point ascertained, we may conceive an accurate drawing of the Fish, 
likely to prove acceptable to the Ichthyologist, since it will be found 
to exhibit various characteristic features of this beautiful creature that 
Jtre not been mentioned by Mr. Jago. None of the continental 
naturalists seem to be acquainted with it, so far as we have been able 
to ascertain. Gmelin it Is evident relies upon Ray and Pennant, but 
had Gmelin feen the Fish, or a figure of it, that could be depended on 
for its fidelity, it is scarcely probable he would have adopted the 
■vague specific character that appears for this species in the last edition 
of the Systema Naturie. It will be right to observe, that from the 
name of Goldfinny which it bears, some writers have been led to 
*uppose that all the fins are yellow, which is not the case : it is only 
the anal fin which appears confpicuously of that colour 5 the pectoral 
and ventral fins are of a much paler hue, and the rest are green. 
Variegated with darker lines of the same, and spots of ferruginous 
t^nd rufous brown. The jaws are richly tinged with golden yellow, 
*nd the sides are yellowish, and silvery. 
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Our figure represents this Fish in its natural size. In the dorsal fin 
there-- are twenty-five rays, the first sixteen of which are soft : 
pectoral twelve rays, ventral one spiny ray and six soft ones : anal, 
■ three spiny rays and. ten soft ; and in the tail fourteen l ays. 
