7*® FISHES. APODAL. 2. Gymnotus. 
Notcpufus Silvery with a gilt hue ; dorfal and other fins pale 
Inhabits Amhoina .• above 8 inches lonij ; depreflbtl, 
fitorm y back fat, lomewhat convex convex, covei^ 
minute fcalcs. 
Head ibort obtufe ; large, and above them a frns» Pjj' 
upper with a few fmall equal teeth at the edge, 1°' 
with a few larger and more diftant, with a row of ; 
nule ones within ; palate edged with row of feiall 
gjH-Cfliier fcaly with a membranaceous edge; vent 
throat ; anal fin more flefliy, and narrower on the for^-p 
DorJ, 1 : peH, , j 5 jays. 
.fear. Naked : dorfal, _ ventral, caudal fins o ; angl fin wi'!* ^ 
rays, terminating before the tip of the tail* 
Inhabits the Mediterranean. : comprefTed, long, taperinS’ 
ipg in a fharp point ; whitiih with reddifh ipots and 
'VNDth brown ftreaks, beneath biueifli ; tentacula o» 
x6 rays. 
Ajtaticus^ 
Scaly ; back furnifhed with a hn> 
Inhabits AJia. Body dufky with brown bands, thicki<h, *”[, 
more than a fpan long ; covered, even on the head, " 
^imooth, round, diftinft fcales. . 
iuimu, aiitmct icales. 
Head deprelfed, finoothilh, with e hollow dots and a linaH 
rtn th»a .. .. * . ^ 
on the front ; 2 truncate tentacula before the noftril* > 
Iniooth ; teeth in both jaws (harp, befides which is » 
teeth within the upper and a few hollowed points «> 
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,it 
tll« 
I'ub' 
upper ana a tew hollowed point* - 
fide, with a large gape; 
cylindrical, comprclTed on the hind-part ; dorfal 'ffj- 
ning at the nape and reaching to the tail, and with the h ^ 
part of the body fpotted with white; Lateral lint ele'* 
itraigfit, but defeendiug before the anus. 
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