372 
Ddrab^ 
rUlofa. 
FISHES: ABDOMINAL. 55. CypiinuJ. 
Inhiibus the Red Sea j about a yard long; body 
finely polifhed ; of an uncertain genus. ]jtet 
Crown fat. rhomboidal : lower jaw lonjrcr; tetibi iv 
■ ' rill-covers 
vered with the common Ikiii, without I'cales, hyalin* 
tomprelfed, .ftrong, remote, perpendicular; (i,i 
vered with the common Ikiii, without Icales, hyalin* ’ 
tip ; lateral live nearer and parallel with the jin 
) ('U.lCfUlr irtlli, liVnlC-i dliCl |Jd|diiCl \Villl lllv ^ 
ftruight from the bread to the tip of the tail; 
glaucous, edged with brown, and marked with a long'^'^ jjjiJ 
oblong filvery fpot ; inilead of the anal iin are 82 Ipin** 
n'lider the fkin. 
133: ptt 2 . 12: Vent. 01 an.ai cuud. o rays. 
' i.t,^ 
Ventral fins rtilniitfe ; up'per lipi a-hornbd with eXt*^ 
teeth, lower longer ; teeth llrongj erefl. or 
Inhabits the Red Sea ; body linear, filvery, above br®"^ 
blue ; i'cales entire, deciduous. [if 
Crown horizontal, fat; nape blue; iris filvery; (i,« 
not ptotraftile with protruded, remote unequal 
2 middle ones larger and very fliarp ; lower jaw with " 
teeth each fide, the middle ones growing feiif bly latg*^ ; 
I'ubulate ; lateral line ftraight, obfolcle, nearer tb* 
telly f raight ; dorfal f n as near again to the tail as th* 
tail bifid to the very bale. 
Clorf, t’j : petl. 14 ; vent. 7 : an, 34 : caud, — rays. 
Lateral line prominent, rough. 
Inhabits Northern feasi 
55 - 
ft 
CYPRINIjS. Mouth fmall, 
teeth : gill-membrane with g 
body fmooth, generally whitilh : ^ ’ 
tral fins often 9-rayed. 
wat*’’’ 
The fifhes of this tribe arc chiefly inhabitants of freih jo' 
afford a palatable and nourilhing food ; feed on worn’*'^ j 
fefts, Icfler fifb, leguminous locds and fat earth ; ' 
them migrate,^ and mod of them fpawn about April 
7 — -iiwii. vfc caiv-iii ipuwix uuuui. 
head compreded ; fcales fhining, liomy, and generally 
Jtont blackifli, broad ; hack arched ; aperture of 
large, cover 3-leaved ; T-ojlrils double ; mouth 
