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fOLYNEMUS. 
Genus LIV. — Volyriemus. 
This tribe contains three fpecies, all of which are rare 
exotics, which never vifit our feas. Their bodies are 
oblong, thick, and covered with fcales ; as is alfo the 
head, which Hopes off into an obtufe fnout. The jaws 
are of equal length when open ; but when Ihut, the lower 
is longed; both are furnilhed with ftnall, thick and immove- 
able teeth. The tongue is narrow and fmooth; but the 
palate is exafperated with a number of Iharp tubercles. 
The eyes are of a middle fize, placed at a great diftance 
from each other, and covered with the common tegu- 
ment of the head ; before them appear the two large 
apertures of the nofe. 
The fides are comprefifed, and the abdomen carinated ; 
each of the lateral lines are fmooth, and bend in a di- 
rection parallel to the back. There are two dorfal fins ; 
the firft fpinous, and placed about the fifh’s equilibrium ; 
and the fecond, which is larger, behind it. The pec- 
toral fins >are long and narrow ; the ventral are placed is 
the abdomen^ the tail is large, broad, and bifurcated. 
