^i8 FISHES. APOLAL. ii. Leptocephalus. tz. StylephofU®' 
II. leptocephalus. < 
row : body extremely thin, comp’^^ 
fed : peftoral fins o. 
*MorriJii. Leptocephalus. 
Found in the fea near Holy. Head-, 4 inches long. J 
Mody almotl tranfparent, growing flenderer towards theta»’ r]; 
ending in a point ; eyes large ; teeth in both jaws, very 
lateral line ftraight ; fides marked with oblique ftrokes . j,! 
ing at the lateral line ; aperture of the gills large ; 
low and thin, extending the whole length of the back) 
near the tail; tfnal extending to the vent. 
12. STYLEPHORUS. Eyes peduncuUj^ ! 
handing on a Ihort, thick cyliJ^*^^’ 
lengthened, diretted ! 
retractile towards the head by 
of a membrane : moui/i without 
giUs 3 pair, beneath the throat : ^ 
toral fins fmall ; dorJaL as long . ; 
back ; caudal lliort with fpinous 
body very long, comprefled. 
Chordatus, St. 
Chordati* , 
Inhabits Wejl India feas; whole length about 32 
y Inch the procefs at the end of the tail meafures s2 ! (ipS 
rich hlvety, flexible part belonging to the fnout bro'^'’’ 
and caudal procefs paler brovra. 
Snout 
connedfed to the back part of the head by a 
Prv nnrkhr-<a+, -..I-.* i_ . . . ' 
lbl« 
leathery duplicature;' whici p^rmUs* it"t: b" extc^ided f? 
hc^' 
' * h'CiiUllJ) JL 10 DC rAtvMv.- - 
the mouth points upwards, or to fall back fo as to 0 ^ 
cei^d into a. fort of cafe formed by the upper, part 
head ; eyes clofe to each other, anc) with the Hiort " 
