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DAB. 
runnmg to the border of the tad. Body, -heeks, and the 
elevation between the eyes clothed with ciliated scales, which 
scarcely overlap each other. Dorsal fin begins opposite the 
superior eye, and with the anal ends short of the root of 
the tail; ventral fins separate from the throat and anal fin- 
tail round. Ihe colour varies in this fish, the general tint 
being yellowish brown, often with clouds of deeper brown or 
by the kindness of William Thompson, Esq., of Weymouth, with 
specimens in which, on a ground of yellowish brown, were 
numerous yellow spots, each one having a black dot within it; 
but these spots soon disappeared. It is to be remarked also 
that in these examples the middle rays of the tail were 
unusually elongated, and the dorsal and anal fins were bordered 
with white. 
