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flSHES. BRANCHIOSTEGOUS. 63. 
Inhabits Amboina : 2 indies long ; body filvery, above yell^ 
ilb-grey, triangularly carinate before the ventral fins. . 
Head flattifli at the fides and between the eyes ; from 
to the e^'e a prominent line; iris filvery; /nout 
comprcfi'ed, without jaws; giU-cover {[zt, very entire; 
hardiili On the fore-part, appearing as if mailed with a 
Lie plate, with about 4 oblique lines, in the middle i* * ^ 
cumbent, flightly moveable, Tubulate, very (harp fpinCj **! ji 
ferrate at the edge, and channelled beneath, and 
another foialler ipine, placed in a hollow of the back ; 
behind the middle of the body, with a very minute *T''tjjiy 
bent fpine before it; anal fin broad; tar/ roundilhj 
forked ; the reft fmall. 
Dorf, 12; pcct. 13: an. 23: caud, 12 rays. 
63. BALISTES. comprefled, 
the body, with fometiraes a fpin^ 
tween the eyes ; mouth narrow : 
in each jaw 8, of which the 2 
are longer, and 3 interior ones . 
fide: aperture of the gills , 
above tne pectoral fins ; covet 
membrane 2-rayed : body compr^^^-y 
carinate each fide, rough with yy 
minute prickles ; the fcales 
together by the fkin. 
None of the fifties of this genus inhabit the leas of 
they are able to inflate the belly, which at that time 
with very minute prickles ; they feed on other filh. 
of them are of a vaft fize; moll of them are fufpef^®“ 
poifonous, 
Uonouros. Head-fin i -rayed ; tail- rays carinate. 
3. Body marked with black, red, and blue charaflers. 
Inhabits the feas of AJia and South America : about a ‘yrij 
2) 3 feet ; feeds on young crabs and polypi ; 
varied with cinereous and brown; flelh tough, 2) 
