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822 FISHES. THORACia 34. GafteroftcuS. 
DuBor. Dorfal fpines 4 ; gill-membrane 7-rayed. Pikl 
Inhabits the Ocean ; is the conflant attendant on the Ihai'l^t ^ 
always precedes it. 
Dorf. 27 : p, !§ ; 6: a. 16: c. 19 rays. 
JapQnictis Dorfal fpines 4 5 gill-rnembrane 5-rayed. a 
Inhabits Japtirt; body yellow, 5 inches lone; fcales 
rhombic, ending in fpines turned back, the fore-part r' 
with fpines, the edge brown. .1 
Head obtufe-.ydin/r rough, without teeth ; gilUovers 
toothed behind ; fpines moveable, thick, ftrongi f|4 
qval, placed ii> a cavity ; ventral fins conneAed by a *" 
rigid. Ipine an inph and a half lone* 
lyorf, 10. pe 6 l. 12; vtni^ — ; an, ^ : caud, 22 rays. 
Orcidenta. Dorfal fpines 7, and 2 before tl)e anal fin. 
Inhabits .Iwiema ; (ilvery, tail longitudinally ftriate. 
p^ct^ iij voit, 6) aw, y j cciudt i6rays. 
Lyfan^ 
7’ anal 2; gill-membrane 8-rayed. 
Inhabits Arabia ; body blueifli-brown, beneath white, ^ 
lanceolate ; fcales minute lanceolate. 
Lateral line undulate on the fore-part'. 
2' •' /'‘tel, 17 : vent, I : an, ; caud. — rays. 
Ovatus, Dorfal fpines 7, the firft recumbent ; anal 2. rhl' 
Inhabits Afia ; body compreifed. In Ibapc it refembles a ‘r jii 
todon, in wanting the plate on the thorax a Labrus, 
recumbent dorfal fpine a Scomber. 
and llpf rough ; dorfal fpines direfted alternately 
fiffe, the firft very fmall, tlie next a little longer. 
Dorf. 20: pea. 16; vent. S: an. caud. 20 rays. 
C^arolinus. Dorfal fpines 8, anal 3, 
Inhabits Carokni^ : body oblong oval. , jiii* 
Lateral line Gbcarinate at the the tail ; dorfal and 
falcate ; tail nearly 2-lobed. 
Dorfal fpines 8 , anal o ; gill-membrane 7-rayed. 
Inhabits Crtroili/ia .• body oblong. ‘ ^ 
Spines i-efembling a firll dorfal fin ^_8, the pofteiior an^ ^ 
falcate ; tail nearly 2-lobed. . 
Canadas, 
