fishes. CHONDROPTERI-GIOUS, ,68, Squills. ^ 2 ^ 
Jltad finall, flat, obtufe at the end ; fVC-f oblong, half covered, 
iris vellowini; mouth beneath narrow, upper jaw with 5 
rows of (harp teeth, lower with one ; tad fliort, compreired 
each fide; dorjal fins large, the middle ray fp.nous the fc- 
cosd oppofite the ventisl ; T^^^ral and vtntral double. 
‘"“ticiir. Back variegated, unarmed ; teeth acute. 
Inhabits the Indian Ocean. 
'^’^crica- 
Dorfal fins unarmed, the hinder one larger; ventral large, 
InhlbkVsLS' 'America.; 3 feet long Body round ; fcales 
i/rSrgeT>«* A'^rt, obtufe ; teeih oblong, acute, compmf- 
fed, m niai^rows, the largeft ferrate at the edge ; no^de 
lame placed in front; ey« large; cn>« dilbiiU 
t c. fmall, the 2 hinder ones approxi- 
mate %Tdar/Il fin nearer the head, the fccond a Utt^s be- 
hind the anal ; peaoraL fuboval ; tail lanceolate. 
*^mtina. Peftoral fins, very large, notched on 
Inhabits the Ncrlhern feas ; 6-8 feet long; feeds on leffer 
\ Lkous rough, with finall reLrved prickles, benffath fim^th. 
S • in its fhape approaches very near to the Ray tribe 
fSh b’tod, Ain, fmooth, pointed; ii.^ril, 
^aoral aLve white, beneath edged wUh brotvn ; tad pei- 
pendicnlar, a little forked. 
P, fVithout teeth. 
Peaoral fins long. 
Inhabits the Red Sea, 
Peaoral fins fliort ; mouth with 4 ^ , 
Inhabits the Red Sea. " 
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