FISHES. 'THORACIC. 27. Chastodon. 775 
Inhabits South America ; 1 6 indies long ; feeds on fmall aquatic 
animals ; body black, the lides grey leaks on the trunk 
large, edged with yellow ; fldb eatable. 
Eyes imall, iris golden ; lower jam longer ; gil'-cover oi 2 pieces, 
terminating downwards in a fpine and covering the membrane ; 
vmt in the middle of the body ; pectoral and caudal 
Ihort, rounded ; tile reft long, falcate ; before the petlora- 
fiivs a ydlow i'pot. 
Feet. 14 : vent. 6 : caud. 15 rays. 
Dorfal fpines,i4; body oblong. 
Inhabits India. Exhibits a beautiful difplay of colours. 
Head and lircajl yellow-brown, fpotted with blue and marked 
near the eyes with blue lines ; ins greenifli-white ; mouth 
fmall ; fUl-cover of one piece, the membrane loofe ; lateral 
line parallel with the back and- interrupted at the end of the 
dorlal En ; vent in the middle of the body ; rays of the hns 
branched peHoral Ihort, pellucid ; ventral with a diird 
between them. 
Dorf.'p/. pict.ig: vent. I : an.^,: caud. rays. 
Dorfal fpines 5 ; dorfal and anal fins broad ; tall with a 
black band. . _ 
Inhabits Indi^ : body cinereous, beneath paler, very thin ; 
fcales minute. ,, 
Head without leaks ; iris yellowidi-filvery • mouth , hp..^ 
thick; fill-cover of 2 pieces, hlver-gilt; faiera/ /twe arched : 
• /ms cinereovis, the vaj^s branched ; the fcaly part of the dorjai 
and aiiafyellowifli. 
Dor/. * : pect. 18 
vent. 6 : an. caud. 17 rays. 
Dorfal fpines 13 ; fides marked with a black fpot. 
Inhabits India : body white, with Irani verle brown lines ; back 
cinereous ; fcales large. , , , , j • . - 
Iris white, brown without ; over the eyes a black band; jau. 
equal ; eilL-covtr of 2 pieces ; lateral line near to and parallel 
vmb the back ; /ns yellowilb, the rays branched 
dorfal fiiort and rounded at the edge; tai/ brown at the ba.c. 
Dorf. : peB. 4 : vent. 6 : an. caud. 16 rays. 
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Upper half of the body brown, lower and tail white. 
Inhabits South America and India ; oblong. 
Head 
