820 FISIiES. THORACIC. 33. Trachichthys. 
Anrata. Whltifh, with a longitudinal yellow ftripe. 
Inhabits Samatra. Linn. Trdnf. iii, 
Eyes large, iris yellow ; under the eye a fingle refleaed fp'”',’ 
anterior gill covers toothed behind, the poaeripr nearly 
tire ; lateral lint nearer the back, a little curved on 
hind-part ; pectoral fins pale yellow ; tail yellow, thp ^ 
whitilh-brown. 
,3! ptet. 18 i vent. 6 : an. caud. i8 rays, 
Sumatren- Body d^r^ filvery ; fins longitudinally ftriate. 
/is. Inhabits in fhoals the coafts of Sumatra ; 3 inches long ; 
fmall, denticulate, dotted with brown. Linn, TranJ.?,-^ 
Head fmall, wedged, the nofe and front brown ; iris bio";^' 
filvery; jiiOMtA fmajl ; lower jam a little longer ; later^^^^L 
parallel with the back,, a little bent down at the end oI ' 
dorlal hn ; pectoral and ventral fins yellow, the reft brO"* 
ftreaked with yellow, 
X>. " ; 14 : V. 6 : a. : c. 18 rays. 
Tr-ifurca. Tail trifid ; body with 7 blue bands. 
Inhabits Carolina ; very finely variegated, 1 
Gullet yellow ; gill-covers very finely toothed ; the third 
fourth fpinous rays of the dor/al fin with a filament as 1°^” 
as the fpine itfelf. 
pect, \6, vent.l, qn.p,, cqud.zonys. 
33. TRACHJCHTHYS. Head roundefJ ||| 
front ; eyes large ; mouth wide, toOy/ 
Jefs, defeending: gill-menibrane 
8 rays, the lowermoft of which 
rough on the edges : fcales rou^ 
abdomen cataphra6led with large cal'*' 
nate fcales. 
'AujlraUs. Tr. Naturalijl's Mifcell. No. 106, plate u 
Inhabits Aem Holland • about 5 inches lonv, and 2 deep '» *1 ’ js 
coated with fcales fo ftrongly and clofely inferted that , 
not ppffible to detach one W the reft without bring"® 
witii it a portion pf the f)drj. ^ 
