FISHES. THORACIC. 26. PleuroneTcs. 767 
Lateral line much curved, prickly. 
Inhabits European fcas ; hardly a foot long*, body oblong, 
fmooth, covered wkh thin kales, above varied with cine- 
reous and yellow, beneath white ; flelh very good. 
Head, covered with long tubercles ; eyes fmall, pupil yellowiih- 
green, iris browailh i lower /azu longer ; lattral line Itraigh. 
after the deep curvature at the beginning ; behind the vent a 
fpine ; Jilts yellowilh fpotted with brown. 
Oorf. 59 : pect. 11 : vent.&-. an. 44: caad. 16 rays. 
. Lateral line curved ; body papillous. , ^ „ 
inhabits America. Is probably only a variety of the lalt. 
Dorf. 58 r pect. IS : vent. 5 — 6 : an. 42; caud. 16 rays. 
Head tuberculate 4 pe£loral fins unequal. 
Inhabits landy bottoms of the BrafiUttd PaciJc ^ ; feeds on 
crabs, teftacea and other finr; body oblong el ipUc, covered 
with large, fuboVal, obliqirely and irregularly imbricate 
ftales ; the right fide and ims cinereous with black dots and 
unequal whiti Hi-glaucous fpots, the^left fide whitilh-glaucous 
with round brown equal fpot ; flefh very go 
Head compreffed, large; paipil black, iris filvery ; ^.iiitj^vvhen 
fhut turning obliquely upwards ; jam with 2 rows ot v«y 
fliarp teeth, the lower a little longer ; tongue loofe, fmooth, 
pohued; gilt-covers of 2 pieces; lateral Zin« a little arched 
Tthe beginning ; dorfal afid anal fins long, the rays fimplc, 
The reft w'h blanched rays; Mt peBoral falcate, the right 
oblong-oval. 
Dorf. 94 : peB. 13, 12 : vent. 6 : an. 80 : caud. 17 rays. 
Body variegated ; tail rounded ; jaws equal. 
Inhabits the Carihke Iflands : body covered with fmall foft 
Lies, and variegated with yellow fpots, which are dotted 
with brown and^ edged with blue; the body is likewife 
fprinkled with brown points. 
Head broad; eyes unequal, pupil blue, iris fiLi 
lateral line in the middle, bending above * L 
Jf nr fpotted with blue, the reachiL 
browr; ,tait pointed like a com.pafs ; dorfal hn reacting 
from the noftrils to the tail. 
X),^9 •. p. ioi V. Z'. a. 69 * t:. tj ra.ys. 
Lunatus, 
