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FISHES. ABDOMINAL. 49. Argentina. 86s 
49. ARGENTINA. Teeth in the jaws and 
tongue : gill-membrane with 8 rays ; 
vent near the tail : ventral Jins of many 
Argentine, 
Anal fin with 9 rays. . European A, 
' Inhabits the Mediterranean, and fometimes wanders to the 
Briti/k coafts ; 2—4 Niches long ; body round, tapering ; 
back and fides, as for as the lateral line, pale afli mixed with 
ereen, below the line and belly fine filvery ; the air-bladder 
is conic both fides, appearing as if covered with frlver-leaf, 
and is ufed in the manufa 8 ;uve of artificial pearls. 
Snout fharp, prominent; mouth foall, with afpenties rather 
than teeth; eyes large, iris ixWexy, dorfal hn placed near 
the equilibrium of the body ; tail forked. 
Dorf.'ioi ptcU t/i’. vent 11: an. ^ : caud. rays. 
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i^Jfodon. 
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^Inhihf Sea: body linear, lanceolate, Ihining, filvery, 
above brown ; fcales broad, rounded, entire, llnate at the bale, 
and imbricate in longitudinal rows. 
/dead as broad as the body, comprelTed, aUenu^e, naked; 
creiTK glaucous, a little Hoping, flat, with fmall tubercles 
between the eyes ; mr filvery ; upper jara conic at the end, 
with a black ring, not protraaUe ; tsri/i fetaceous, crowded, 
fmall reddifli, in many rows ; palate and tongue rough, with 
teeth’; lateral tine very ftraight, nearer the back ; Jins glau- 
cous;’ faff bifid, the interfticiesfcaly. 
Dorf. 16— pect. vent, lo— 11: art. Z: caud. 20 
rays. 
Anal fin with 15 rays. 
Inhabits frefh waters of Carolina. 
Gill-covers with a longitudinal future; 
tail forked. 
Dorf. 25 : peSl. t6: vent, 12 : an. 15,. 
lateral line ftraight; 
cavd, 31 rays. 
Macknata. 
