7*9 
FIStlES. APODAL. 12. Stylephorus. 
dear chcfaut-brown, with a coppery glofs ; below the he(^ 
each fide, a confiderable compreffed femicircular Ipace, the 
fore-part of which is bounded by the gill-cov'cr, which 
feems to confift of a moderately ftrong membrane ; body gra- 
dually diminiihing as it approaches the tad, which 'termi- 
nates in a procefe or ftring of enormous length, ending in a 
very hne point v pcHor,al fins fmall, fituate behind the caVity 
each fide the thorax ; caudal fin with 5 fpinous rays. 
Lin, Tranf, 1. 90. Natural Mijccl, 274* 
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