FISHES. ABDOMINAL. 45. Suiaw. 
Gajlcriffic- V^entral and flefhy fins very fmall. 
l/’C’J.S. 
0.. Fins yellow. 
Inhabits Carolina, Amboina, Surinam and tnilia ; boJ; 
prcffed, very lin-all, filvcry, with a lied glofs. ,.3 
Head a little (icprelled, with 2 unequal grooves, feparated 
partition ; ejies large, round, iris lilvery ; mouth 
above, and large ; jaws toothed, the upper al'ceuding: 
and is the oniy moveable one ; tongue white, iinooth) ^ " j. 
aperture of the gills large, the cover fmooth ; from 
let to the vent is an arched, thin, fcalyj carinate bone ) ?. 
in the middle of the body ; jins cinereous ; pectoral 
falcate ; tail forked. 
Dorf, 13 : peel, 9 : vent. 2 ; ail, 34 ; caiid. 22 rays.- 
GMofusi Back gibbous, compreired; anal fin with 50 rays. 
Inhabits Surinam. 
Dorf, to, pect. It, vent, 8, an, 5.5, caud, 1 9 rays. 
Notatus. 
A black fpot each fide near the gill-covers. 
Inhabits Surinam; body oblong, with a black I'pot above 
teral line ; rcleinbles the next. 
Head a little pointed ; flelhyjfn fmall ; tail forked. 
Dorf. 11; peel, t6: vent. 7: an. 23 ; caud. 24 ravs, 
Bimacula- Body compreffed, with 2 fpots ; anal fin ga-^rayed. 
Inhabits South America. 
Dorf. to : p. 13 : v. 8 ; a. 32 ; c. 19 rays. 
Inimacula- B©dy without fpots ; anal fin 12-rayed. 
, tus. Inhabits America. 
Dorf ti, peel. 14, t’sjzf. 11, an, 12, caud, 20 rays. 
Fceicns. Rays of the dorfal and anal fins 12. 
Inhabits Ctirij/tna ; body oval, a little pointed, blackiih”* 
Teeth numerous, extending out of the mouth, mucronat*^ i 
fin oppolite the fiefny one ; tail lunate. 
Dorf, 12 ; pect, 14 : vent. 8 : an, 12 ; raud. 24 rays* 
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