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FISHES. THORACIC. 27. Chxtodon. 
Inhabits Erajil; 4 inches long ; body brown. 
•ge; e>.„ final!, 
arniLdwith a fpitie ; lateral /uie compofed of white po'”' 
^tnt in the middle of the body. ^ ^ 
DorJ. I : put. 20 : vent. I : a„, ,9 rays, 
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Rofratas. Tail entire ; dorfal fpines 9, the fin with a black oce: 
Ipot ^ Inout cylindrical. 
Inhabits India 1 is chiefly found near the fhore or at Jj 
mouths of rivers ; body white with brown longito'^J, 
’mv i tranfoerle bars, the hinder ones edged 
white , feeds on nilefts flying near the furface of the "'’‘j 
which it catches by ejefti.ng water from its tubular Ihou^’j 
ringing them down with it into its jaws ; flefli whil®*^ 
wcil-talted. 
Head nariow, long; ins yellow; jaws equal ; 
nearer the back, arched ; vent in the middle of the 'o«^h 
Ms with numerous branched rays ; r«i7 with a black 
edged with white. 
Dorf. ,2; pect. 14 : vent. an. 4: caud. 14 rap. 
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Head large, Hoping ; iris golden ; jaws equal ; gilUovtr 
narrow, covering the membrane ; lateral line coropo^^J- 
many ftn.ght, interrupted lines, running together into<; 
tufe angle to-^rds the buck ; vent in the middle of the b^. 
rays of the fins branched, the fecond, third and fourth 
ial elongated into a briftle; ventral fins long. 
^orf. pea.i%-. vent.'e,: an. ,1: caud. 16 nys. 
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Nigricans. Tail bifid, with a fpinc each fide ; dorfal fpines 9. 
Inhabi s the Ocean and Red Sea; /feet long! ^ 
blackifli, brown at the fides, beneath white, flelhy 
coated with fmall fcales ; fleih good. . J, 
Eyes large, iris filvery ; teeth in each jaw lo— 16, 
thofc beneath cylindrical, thofe above broader and very < 
thefore.one 3 longer; tongue Ihort, thick; gilUover 
and parallel to the back 5 
of the fins moftly bmiiched ; peroral and caudal 
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JDor/. Sjt pe£l, 16: vent . , 
Oft. 4: caud, 16 rays. 
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