FISHES. ABDOMINAL. 45 - ^53 
Inhabits the Oby ; 2 feet long ; very much refembles S. las^a- 
^ rctas, but is'^krger and a little broader, head Ids comprcffed,, 
more obtule, rounded, ssdth . obfokte tubercles, 
c-cntral fins with fliort obtule appendages. 
Dorf. 12: fcB. 17: vent. 11 : an. 14: caud. — rass. 
Unoer iaw longer ; head thick ; dorfal rajs 12. ... 
5 KS.h°^.- .4 fct long., ,, ItapcJ l.ke the C,w.n»d, 
hut is broader and thi^ct ; leales large. * 
Head verv little corapreffed ; upper jazv gibbous as fat as tl 
eyes and obtufe ; appendages of the ventral hiK very Ihoit 
and triangular ; tail forked, 
Dorf. 12, pect, j8, vent. 11 — 13, an. 13, caud. — raj , 
Jaws without teeth, the lower longer ; belly punaate'- 
■ ^'“iXbifsThl^fS to^ld afe” dTperi^icdly, invaft fhoals, 
the rivers which empty themlelves ^ ^ 
body fat, comprefled, coated with arp filvery fcales , it dies 
Immediately after it is taken out of the water. 
irr pa erSd; without teeth; 
aprendSes nearly half as long as the ventral fins; tail 
pcbl. 16: ‘3=' caud. r.ys. 
Jaws without teeth, the lower longer ; fecond lamina of 
the gill-covers feymetar-fhaped. 
InSkf Europe; 6 ii'hes long ; body greenifh-brown f.lverj' 
at the fides; fcales imbricate, entire, loundilli, fpotltd wita 
£y«'lige, iris filvery; aperture of the gilh very large ; back 
carinate before the fin; lateral line a little bending near he 
beginning, nearer the back, and compofed of 70-80 dots ; 
fius pcile witli blaclvifh fpots# 
Dorf. 12 : 17'- ^5 • 
Without teeth ; lays of the dorfal fin lo. 
with b.ow„ ; i. 
