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FISHES. ABDOMINAL. 54. CJupca. 
Headlong, above broad ; round, iris fi! very ; mouth ''K 
arge, limxrth witliin ; lower /aw and nari'ow tonme 
aperture of the giUs very large ; iacA convex, jhns 
peUucid. ' 
Horf. 14: pect. 15; vent.';-, an. 18; caud. 18 rays- 
J.ateral line filvery ; lower jaw Ihorter. 
Inhabits Surinam. In its broad filverj' lateral line it 
be an Atherine, but on account of its compreffed body 
mall vcntral^ fins is with more propriety placed here. 
^orj. 12: pect. 14 : vent. 8 ; an. 32: caud. 18 ravs. 
Anal fin with 28 rays; lafi ray of the dorfal long- 
taceous. 
Inhabits/lTOmVfl, India and Chi. 
na , 
quents the Ibores ; about' a foori^ig"; frXorf 
animals and the fpawn of other fifh ; body above . 
with a green ^ade, fprinkled with brownilh fpots p!a<i 
rows ; fi^s firming filvery ; ftdcs of the head and ferc-pj, 
1000^5^'”^ “'^*’'“^“’ fleOr very iavory, but is ofteo 
J/fadnakeJ Wath curved and carinate; month oval ! 
w th a douoled maitant membrane, lateral, round, 
rate im Dvery lower /aw a little fiiortcr ; gudel a 
dilatable; /i/ij fkinny, brownifii ; teeth not '^perceh'" 
tongue oblons-lanceolate. obi„r.. .. the 
L, 1- •‘'■"“15 uiowniin ; teet/i not perce*'" 
tongue oblong-lanceolate, obtufe, loolh at the tip. the •- 
J t. agmous; paiate fia.tifii, ftriate with wrinkles ; 
flexuous. the covers fiiining filverv' j J ; 
. rai Lne hardly v.fible ; vent behind the middle of the h<« 
fins , ho-ixy . dorfal md caudal a little brownifii at the t>P' 
Horfi^, pect. 1^, vcnt.B, an. 2%, caud. 21 rays. 
Belly obtufe. 
long, filvery, above greenifii-blue ; fcales finooth, ^ 
cdZI difpofed in 10 longitudinal rovVS> 
edged with a filvery membrane. ^ ■ 
Head broadifii convex on the fore-part and Iiardly 
arge, lateral round, the niaitant membrane 
ins filvery ; mouth \argt, nearly fquare ; lower 
longei , tAtjj dilatable ; teeth crowded, linear ; tongue bf ; 
rough m the centre and fmooth at the fid»s, the tip 
