FISHES. THORACIC. 22. Goblus. 
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fil'd fin is (hort, and has 4, the other lont with 9 of thefe 
fillets ; pectoral pale greenilh, the margins rays fhoTtcr and 
fimple; ventral whitilh ; anal long, greeniih-red ; tail 
round-oval, yellowifh-green, the rays red, fimple, with a 
broad oblique, (lightly curved, reddilh fillet each fide. 
Dorf. 6, 20; peU. 20: vent, i? : an. 19: caud. 22 rays. 
S(fn Ventral fins divided ; firft dorfal fin Ji-rayed. 
Body about 9 inches long, foft, fat, whlti(h-grcy ; head lougllh, * 
thick, convex on the front ; eyes on the top of the head, irw 
filvery-brown ; lipa doubled, llefliy ; teeth unequal, conic, 
the fore^ones larger, one larger above each fide ; aperture of 
the gills lunate -, lateral line appearing as if impreffed ; vent 
’ about the middle of the body with a peduncle behind it ; 
fins foft ; the firft dorfal large, brown, with a black, terminal 
band, the rays fpinous, the fecond narrower, yellowifh, with 
a longitudinal deep browm band, the rays branched ; peEloral 
fan-lhaped or oval, placed on a broad pedicel ; tail oval, 
lanced, the rays branched. 
Dorf. 13: pell. 13: vent. 1.2: <jb. 11: caud. " rays. 
Ventral fins divided; firft dorfal fin ro-rayed; tall 
forked. -. ^ 
Inhabits South American feas ; body filvery, above black, 
fpotted with black at the fides, and covered with fmall im- 
bricate fcafes. 
Head naked ; eyes large, lateml mouth narrow ; Ueth equal, 
in the jaws and palate ; tongue rounded, thin, fmopth ; * 
gill-covers linooth, roundilh ; back a little con-yex ; lateral 
line curved, parrallel to the back ; vent in the middle of the 
body ; rays of the fins unarmed. 
Dorf. 10, 30 : fiect. 24 : vent. 10 : an. — : caud. t- rays. 
Ventral fins divided ; lower jaw longer. 
Inhabits South America. Head depreffed. 
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