FISHES. BRANCHIOSTEGOUS. 63. Baliftes. Igg 
H(ad large, Hoping ; eyes vertical, with 2 oblong hollows be- 
fore them, iris yellow; lower jaeo longer ; moveable ; 
vent nearer the mouth than the tail ; fpine^ I'upplying the 
place of ventral fins, covered by the outer {kin ; that which 
fupplies the place of the firtt dorCil fin bent backwards, ferrate 
«ch fide, and affixed to the back by its proper membrane ; 
fins yelSiw ; caudal with 3 brov\’ii bands, and like the 
peftoral wijh fplit i-ays, dorjal and anal with fimple rays, 
Dcrf. 1, 46, pect. 14, an. 50, caud. 12 rays. 
^^’fpidus. Head-fin i -rayed; fnout fubulate ; tail with a black oed- 
late fpot. 
Inhabits CatoUna: body rough, and brifily towards the talk 
Spine between the eyes nearly decumbent ; membrane of the 
^ ins, hollow at the bafe between the rays ; Jpine in the place of 
the ventral fins ferrate and pointed. 
jyorfi ii 30 i 14: vent* i': 29,: cewa. 12 rays. 
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^’^ntofus Head-fin 2-rayed ; body a little hairy on the hind-part. 
Inhabits the Indian fea: body thin; fides on the upper part 
yellow, lower cinereous; beneath yellow ; vaned with ob- 
long black fpots, . . 
Eyes rounded, Vear the nopUs, which aiy double, ins golden ; 
jaws equal, the upper with lo teeth; fyme of the. head 
ffiorter^ ftronger and broader thari that of B. ^^noceros, 
and denticulate backwards each fide; belly dilatable; 
rough with fmall prickles curved back , /ns yellow ; firft 
rays of the dorfal and anai bifid, the rcH fimple ; thoie of 
the tail-p many-cleft. 
Dorf. 1,31: p, 9 :a.-l- 
Firft dorfal fin a-rayed ; body paplllous. 
Dorf. i, 29 : pect, J3 : cn. 21 : caud. t2 rays. 
^'^'^vcofus Fiyft dorfal fin 3-rays 5 tail with a triple ^ow; of warts. 
Inhabits India : is probably a variety of B. acuieatus. 
Ray in the place of the ventral fins thick and warty ; pnckles 
at the fide of the tail about 25, fmall, reverfed, and placed 
in 4 row’s, 
Dorf. 3, 24 : pect. 13 : an, m caud. 12 rays. 
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t^pea- Ventral fpines 25 tail forked. 
Inhabits India ; body elongated, white, above cinereous. 
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