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Mdatiura, 
StElatrix, 
Stigma. 
Diagram^ 
ma. 
Striata. 
Lineata. 
*Ccrnua, 
FISHES. THORACIC. 32. Perea. 
Tail black, edged with white ; body with yellow lincs< 
Inhabits America. 
Tail forked, red on the hind-part ; belly pale yello"'> 
jWith grey lines. 
Inhabits America, 
t)orfal fin filamentous ; gill-covers branded. 
Inhabits India. 
ddlorf . ,, : ptEl, 13 1 vent-, | : an. ; cani. ly rays. 
Body white, with longitudinal brown ftripes ; 
fpines ii; , 
Inhabits India, in frefli waters ; grows to 10 inches long) ^ 
preys on linaller fifhes. 
Croton iloping ; Jhoulders convex ; dorfal fin with 
blotches of deep brown j tail with an oblitjue brown 
on each lobe and another down the middle! 
DorJ. pect. 13: vint.\'. an, d: caud, 18 rays. 
Body ftriate. 
Inhabits North A^nerica ; differs from P. melaaura chiefly 
having the tail black. 
Gill-covers fubferrate ; fecond ray of the anal fin very ftrong* 
OorJ. ,J : pect. 13 : vent. I : art, caud. ly rays. 
Dorfal fin fijamentous ; body with 5 alternate white a”'* 
brown lines. 
33 • 13; vent. J: an, caud. 17 rays. 
Dorfal fin 27-rayed, fpines 15. 
Inhabits clear ftreams of Europe z 6-^8 inches long ; 
round, mucous, fides yellowifh dirty-green, fpotted 
black, breaft white, nape and back blackillt ; feeds on , 
filhes, and is the prey of larger and various aquatic b*^ 
is exceedingly fertile, and Ipawns in March or April ; 
good. ^ 
Head, thick, compreffed ; eyes large, pupil blue, iris bro'*j 
with a yellow mark ; jaws equal ; teeth very minute 
fharp ; Jins yellowifh ; pedoral, dorfal aud caudal 
with black. 
Dor/, ; pect, 14* ^onU j ; an, J ; caud, 17 rays* 
