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M5 
Genus XLIV. Amici. 
Of this gemjs there is only one fpecies, diftinguiflied by 
the baldnefs of the forehead, which appears as if excori- 
ated. The body is ilender, a little comprefled, and co- 
vered with imbricated and flexile fcales ; the head is bony, 
rough, and flattened; the jaws of equal length, and fur- 
niflied with a number of fliarp erect teeth ; the tongue is 
obtufe ; the palate armed with two teeth ; near the eyes 
are two apertures of the noftrils ; and not far from them 
are two beards. 
There is only one dorfal fin riling from the middle of 
the back, radiated and Hoping ; the ventral and peftoral 
fins are fmall ; the former placed behind the equilibrium 
of the fifli, in the abdomen. The tail is rounded, fup- 
ported with rays, and fliort jj. 
|j Cum. Gen. Pifcium, p. 208. 
