7 ^^ FISHES. THORACIC. 26. PleuronciScs* , 
Ztbn. Body with numerous tranfverfe bands. J 
Inhabits India ; body long, back brownifh at the cdg® 
white in tlie middle, rough with denticulate fcales. 
Head fcaly ; eyes frnal!, pupil black, iris fea-green ; 
longer ; aperture of the giU.s effd covers large ; 
ftraight, beginning from the eye ; vent farther from the 
than tu others ; Jins yellow with brown bands, moft 
rays Itmple ; peHorat very thin ; dorfal, anal and 
connefted, the rays of the latter fplit. 
Dorf, 87 : pect, 4 ; vent. 6 : an. 48 ; caud. 10 rays. 
Pldgiufa. Body oblong, fomewhat rough ; dorfal and anal fins jo"*^** 
to the tail. 
Inhabits Caro/tVtfl .• body pale cinereous. 
Dorfal, anal and caudal fins fo clofely conneaed that 
cannot be diflieguilhed, even by tlie length of the ray^' 
OceUatus. Body with 4 dark brown ocellate fpots ; irids white- , 
Inhabits Surinam : dorfal fin folded; tail with a black ^ ' 
Dorf. 66; pect, 3 ; vent, 6: an. 55; caud. 14 rays. 
* Hippo. Body perfedlly fmooth ; tail lunate. 
glofus. Inhabits the European and North American fcas ; is the l«|y 
of all aquatic aniyuils except the whale tribe, and 
weighs 400 pounds; body mucous, with oblong fcale* 
ing firmly to the body ; above livcr-coloured, jjjt 
white ; flefh fat and coarfe, except the part adhering 
fide fins, ^ (jii 
Eyes large, pupil black, iris white, and very rarely 
the left fide of the head; mouth large; rert/i long. fiS 
curved, diflant ; upper jazo mov'eable ; aperture of 
large ; lateral line arched near the breaft and afi^r'-isiS 
ftraight ; fns dulky-a(h ; peEloral oblong ; darfal 
above the eyes ; anal, before which is a long fpine» 
dal, with rays longer than the membrane, the bafe 
•with fcales. 
^ Dorf. 107: pect. 15: vent. 7 : an. 28 ; caud. ifiraj'S' 
Cynoglofus Body oblong, fmooth ; teeth obtufe ; tail a little 
Inhabits the Belgic and Greenland leas ; 26 inches long- 
Lateral line oblique, but not arched, 
Dorf. 1J2: pe^, n ; vent, fi; an, 102; caud, 
