FISHES. THORACIC. 2r. Coryphxna. 
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Inhabits r.ound the Eajl Indian iflands ; body long, — 
with Imall Icales, above brown with blue curved lines, 
on the fidcs and filvery beneath ; flefli good. , 
Head oblong, naked, brown, above the eyes yellow with 
line? near them, filvery at the fides ; pitpil black furronn 
with a white line, iris red ; aperture of the gilli 
cover of one piece and ending in an obtufe angle, 
Lrane loofe and lateral ; back convex ; vent near "’•pi;. 
peHoral and ventral fins Ihort, yellowifh at the bafe and 
feous at the edge, the rays branched; dorfal violet, 
long, yellpwidi, both with fimplerays; caudal 
difii in the middle and edged w’ith blue, the rays braiie 
the lateral ones very long. 
dior/, yj : pect. It; vent. 6 : caud. i6, 
Entirely blue. ^ 
Inhabits the American ocean ; body comprefled, above con' 
and covered with large icales. J, 
Jlead large, fcaly above, on the cheeks and gills ; eyes to'‘ . 
large, pupil black, lun'ounded with a white line, iris y 
mouth large; tfet/i llrqng, lharp ; aperture of the s' , 
large, the cover of one piece ; lateral line nearer the hs*' 
rays of the dorlal and anal fins fimplc, the reft branched' 
Darf. ig ; pect. 14: vent. 5 : an. 11 : caud. jg rays.. 
Pentadac- Near the head 5 black longitudinal fpots. 1 
tyla. Inhabits rivers of China and the Molucca iflands ; about 3 
long ; body flender, obtufely carinate each fide, and Jli 
with large Icales, above brown and white on the fides ; * 
. tofi' 
Head large, above brown with a dulky-hlue ftreak on the • 
part ; eyes vertical, pupil dark blue, iris yellow ; jaioS " J 
a row of {harp teeth and 2 tulles ; lips thin ; cheeks co'^'.^f 
with finall fcales ; aperture of the gills very large, the 
of 2 large lamina; ; fpots on the belly fmall, round, “ 
2 fir ft of thole on the back black, furrounded with ye* . . 
the anterior one round, the other oval, the reft blue and Ij'L 
lateral line nearer the back ; vent nearer the head ; doffi J 
blueiftr, edged with orange, the 9 firft rays fpinous ; oe»^^ 
with 2 white fpots at the bafe, and like the peBoralzn^ 
dal orange at the bale, edged with violet, the rays brand'^ 
anal blueiflt with fimple rays. 
DorJ. ’ ; pecU 11 : vent. ■ : an. : caud. 13 rays. 
