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that it was caught by St. Christopher, while 
wading through an arm of the sea. 
6. Coryphaznina. Here also the body is greatly 
compressed, but it is also lengthened ; the body is 
either destitute of scales, or clothed with such as 
are very minute ; the head forms a sharp edge along 
its summit ; the mouth is small, not protrusile. 
There is one dorsal extending nearly all along the 
back, and furnished throughout with flexible rays ; 
the ventrals are small, or absent. Sixty-seven 
species are enumerated in this sub-family, chiefly 
inhabitants of the warmer parts of the ocean, but 
a beautiful one {Coryph<jena hippuris, Linn.) is 
found in the Mediterranean. Its beauty is_ ex- 
traordinary, especially when beheld in the activity 
and brilliancy of life, glittering in the crystal 
