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ius. 
Ckinirrus. 
Rhomboi- 
d:s. 
CAaiicus, 
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FISHES. THORACIC. Chxtodon. 
large, iris fil very; gilUover hvgs, 
InTS f rigid, the rays brancLd ; 
Ddludf y Withfcales; vmral 
ptllucid; dorlal75ii«„ a,,^! ^ 
^orf. p^cl. h: ^cU. I : an. J caud. x 6 r.ys. 
Fins margined and pointed; dorfal fpines 12. 
Inhabits gravelly ihoros of the Caribbas : feeds on kfler 
body yeUow, beneath and liead whitilh, with 8 pak 
bands ; leaks large ; flelh good. ^ 
oblong, Iris iil very; gilUnembrant look ■. vent nci A 
tail; without leaks, the rays branched, yellow <”> ' 
velLw^^ tbe hind-part; tml forked, en“'- 
12 ; vent, 8 : an. 16 ; caui, 20 rays, 
Dorfal fpines 14, caudal i. 
Inhabits the Caribbee , ilkads ; body yellow svith 5 1'“'^' 
violet bands, beneath blueilh , flcih good. ^ 
Head large, violet; a black Ipot at the mouth and ch''’'.! 
round, ins white and brown ; upper foai longer 
nearer he mouth than the tail ; Jins wit ho, n kales ; S 
ventraL and ayial violet, the latter with yellow bais; 
^orf. ,;j; pea. 16: vent. J; an. caud. 16 rays. 
Dorfal fpines 5, anal 2. ,, 
Inhabits the American ocean: body rhombic, green, b?'’"*' 
rJ^Ty' 'be 3 bands on the belly wl^tf 
/foad filvcry, truncate on the fore-part ; eyes large, xooA j 
white and red ; mouth larger, teeth fmaller than other* s 
inbe ; gdUiembrane of 2 lemilunar pieces, the 
Irofe; foiernJ h«e a little curved ; vent in the middle ,b; 
body ; dorfal hn green, pedoral and ventral yelloW a‘, J 
ba e and violet toward the edge; anal and caudd 
with green. 
4 : pect. 18 ; vent. I : dn. 4 : caud, 26. 
Lateral line ftraight ; dorfal fpines e. , 
blue, beneath f lve:^ Witl body oblong, 
flefh svell-tafted. ' ' ® 
