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T U R D U Pinnis branchialibus carens* 
The Mangrove Snapper. 
T he figure reprefents the ufixal fize 
of this Fifli. The colour of it was 
that of amber, dark on the back, and 
light on the belly : the fides of the mouth 
were red, as were fome parts of the gills, 
with a faint tinéfure of blue : the nofe 
was pointed : the mouth wide, and at the 
end of each mandible were two large 
teeth : it had no more than three fins, 
a very long prickly one covering the 
greater part of the back, one under 
the abdomen, and a third behind the 
anus : the tail large, ending in a con- 
cave curve. It is efteemed pretty good 
food. 
L a figure reprêfente la grandeur ordi- 
naire de ce Poijfon, Il étoit couleur 
de terre d^ambr enfoncée fur le dos, ^ claire 
fur le ventre : les cotés de fa bouche étoient 
rouges, de même qu^une partie des ouyes, 
avec une nuance pâle de bleu : fon mufeau 
étoit pointu, fa bouche large, ^ a ! ex- 
trémité de chaque 7nachoire il avoit deux 
grandes dents: Un’ avoit que trois nageoires, 
une fort longue ^ armée de piquans qui 
couvroit la plus grande partie de fon dos, 
une fous le ventre, la troifieme derrière 
V anus : fa queüe étoit grande ^ fe ter- 
minoit par une ligne cotîcave. On le croit 
un ajfez bon manger. 
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