^S^nteus, 
FISHES, abdominal. 47. Efox. 861 
Lateral line filvery. 
Inhabits America; dorfal and anal fins oppofite. 
Dor/, 14, peS‘ i 2 > 61 an. 15, cawa- 14 
/ 2— 3 feet long ; 
bony angular deciduous fcales, above golden beneath filvery , 
(lefti white, fomething pellucid, flaky and excellent. 
moderate, comprefTed; eya large, round, lateral ; 
tranfverfc, terminal, moderate; tcctA fixed, crov.'ded, veiy 
fmall ; tongue entire, and with the ^atate fmooth ; aperture 
of the gills falcate, the coyers fcaly, of 2 pieces; lateral line 
above, indented; /ns radiate, fiiort. 
Dorf. 14, pect. It, vent. 6, an. 8, taud. 22 rays. 
t 
r,..> in 
waters ; body fmall, fhaped like a trout. 
Dorfal and anal fins oppofite ; lateral line filvery; lower 
iaw 6 times as long as the upper. 
Inhabits the Red Sea : about a fpan and half long ; body Imear, 
tapering each fide, covered with broad, lax, entire leales, 
above brown, beneath whitilh. fu^c vertical 
Jlead narrower than the body, above horizontal , ’ 
a little remote; teeth numerous, erea, rigid, final ; tutf 
tapering, ftraight ; pectoral fins lanceolate ; anal finall, trian- 
31 Ihm yellowiflt without ; yellow without; 
fail 2-lobed, the tipper lobe pale yellow, the pofteuor edg 
brown. 
D. 13, p; 11, *'• >»» *'• mys* 
Lower jaw very long; body ferpentine. 
Inhabits South America : tail forked. 
Dor/. P‘^’ *0= ^ ^ 7 * 
* 
^ytunoci. Jaws equal; gill-covers very obtufe ; head naked. 
“"sffS: . 0 : .<»l. 7 i »• ■» ">“■ 
Four of .he tee, h much longer *an .he 'A K 
from the mouth when Ihut. / , , , 
