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SHAXNY. 
fill rays, -of the dorsal thirty-one, of which twelve are m the 
first division of the fin; anal fin nineteen; caudal eleven; 
pectoral thirteen; ventral two. There are eighteen teeth in 
the lower jaw, between the two hooked canine teeth. _ _ 
In one instance there has been met with a curious deviation 
from the usual structure of this fish, and that too in an 
important particular. It was fully grown, but on the left 
side was altogether destitute of a pectoral fin and in the place 
of it a depression which shewed that the loss was not the 
consequence of injury. But as a compensation for this there 
were three rays instead of two in the ventral fin of that side. 
This additional ray was less in size than the others. 
