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EXPLANATION of the PLATE, 
fk- r- Pedoral fin. I, Ventral fin. r. Anal fin. d. 
fin, or tail. f. Dorfal or back fin. /. Bony 
g- Branchioftegous rays and their membranes, h. 
fide line. 
Fig. 2. A fifii breathing through lateral apertures or fpiracles, 
fig- 3. An Apodal filh, having no ventral fins. a. The dorfal 
anal fins united. 
Fig. r. A yugular fifli, having the ventral fins b. placed 
the pedoral fins a. ' 
Fig. 4, A Thoracic fifii M'ith the ventral fins a. placed direcfll/ 
der the peftoral fins b. c. Digitated appendages. 
Fig. 5. An Abdominal fifli, having the ventral fins «. placed 
the pefloral fins b. c. Cirri or bearded appendages. 
CHAR-ACTf^^ 
