760 
fishes, thoracic. 25. ZeiiS. 
ibo'" 
Inhabits India ; body very thin, naked, filvery, arched 3 
’ *^*‘^*^ blueilh ; flcih hardly eatable. . 
//eadfmall; eyer large, round, pupil black, iris filvery 1 
with Ihort, lharp teeth, the lower jaw longer ; uppcf [L 
with 2 long, broad bones ; aperture of the frills larg®) ‘ , 
cover yellow, of 2 pieces; fins brown ; ventral long, /f 
toral narrow; fuiV divided; the rays of them all branch^''- 
liorj. 30 ; pea. 17 : vent. 5 : an. 19 ; taud. ar rays. 
taber. Tail rounded ; fides with an oval, brown, ocellate 
the middle ; anal fins 2. John 
Inhabits moft leas, and grows to if foot long ; body above dW 
brown, the iides olive, varied' with light blue and ^ 
svhile living It IS very relplendeud and appears as if g''‘’ y 
which account It has received its European name of 
It IS covered with minute Icaies, and the flelh is excclki’p. , 
Head large, deformed, tlie Ihout very much proiefting, 
deep cavity before the eyes ; eyes large, vertical, 
nnate, pupil black,^ iris filvery ; jaws retraftile, arrnc^^ 
Imall teeth turned inwards; aperture of the vcr>' ; 
the covers of 2 pieces; chin and Jhoulders with 2 ip'fj 
back and hind-part of the belly ferrate with fpines.; 
line bending with the curvature of the back ; ptRorO'^ 
Ihort, rounded, cinereous, edged with yellow’, the 
alfo in the. ventral branched ; membrane connefiting the tj- ; 
in the dorjal and anal fins blackifh, the rays fimple i 
Jounded, with yellow rays ; firft dorjal fin with 
rays, terminating in long filaments. 
Oorf . 10, 33 : pect. 13 ; vent. J : an. ; caud. 13 
Tail even ; body reddifli ; fnout refleiScd. 
Inhabits round Rome and Genoa. 
9 , 23 •• P^ct- 14: tient.l-. an. caud. — rayS' 
*Liina. 
Tail fomewhat lunate ; body beautifully red, green, oi 
pie, with oval white fpots. Opah. Ki’’S'/ 
n a Us the coaft of Normandy ; rarely found on the 
(• t°' P European fifb the moft ,1 
cheft, and tapering very fmall to the tail, covered 
hardly vifihle fcales. ’ 
patches ; 
teeth ver>^ fmall ; mouth large ; %s kJkt. 
