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FISHES. THORACIG. 34- Gafterofteus. 823 
Dorfal fpines 8 , connefted by a membrane; 
InhabltTcTflLa ; Is lefs fpinous than others of its tribe, ari 
r™.l. r,w of ...Ik, .h. U,p« . ; 
■ dorfll fpines weak, placed in a cavity, with a very fine mein- 
brane between them ; ta.iL forked. 
DorJ.^()-. ptct. 16: vsnt. 1: am %'] : caud. 21 rays. 
’'‘'■‘Suiur Dorfal fpines 10. 
Inhabits Eurovc in Ihoals, enters the months of rivers in ipnng , 
il inch Iona ; body olive, beneath filvery ; fides not plated 
like the others fpines not inclining the fame way. 
Dorf. II : • tienti 1 : an. 11 : caud. 13 rays. 
r. r 1 r • , - Fifteen-fpined St. 
^?nhabks' £«r4cfin feas, and is never found in rivers ; 6-7 
incSs Iona ; bodv long, above br^n or olive, beneath 
• filvery is faid to follow a light ; feeds on worms, mk&s and 
the yJung fry and fpawn of fifties ; is kldom eaten, but ufed 
chiefly for manure or lamp oil. 1^™. terth fharn- 
iw. 
CTlSlontg of brown '*‘1 tS""'!’ T“b' T 
pl.crfin...vi.y-. p,a.r.Iobl.«g-, 
Dor/. 7 : pea. lo ; vent. 2 : an. 6—7 . caud. lays. 
Spines on the hind-part of 
the lateral ones as long as the belly. 
Inhabits /ndiii. , 
Dorf. 16, pect.2o, vent.r^, an.Z, caud. —nys. 
Four fmall fpines before the dorfal fin ; gill-membrane 
oj-rayed. 
Inhabits the feas of Denmark.- 
% 
35. SCOMBER. 
