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FISHES. BRANCHIOSTEGOUS. 63. Baliftes. 903 
Eyes fpherlcal, near the noftrlls, and furnifhed with a peculiar 
tunic ; firft dorfal fin fmall, brown, affixed to the back by 
a triangular membrane, and placed in a hollow, the other 
dorfal and anal linear; pectoral fmall ; tail even. 
Dorf. £, 27, pect, 13, an, 26, caud. 8, 9. 
‘^"'enVa- 
Dorfal and ventral ray very low ; fecond dorfal fin and tri- 
angular anal larger. 
Inhabits the American Ocean : refembles B. tomentofus ; body 
brownifh, beneath Ipotted with white. 
Teeth in each jaw, numerous, triangular; firft ray of the an- 
terior dorfal fin very thick, ftrong, and rough on the fore- 
part the others diftant and fubulate ; the fecond fn unarmed j 
inftcad of ventral fins a fliort truncate bone, extending oh- 
liejuely downwards towards the tail ; tail rounded. 
Dorf. 3, 22, pect. — , an, 19, caud. — nys. 
'*Uris, Throat with a deep conic pouch. 
Inhabits Nezo South Wales. Phillips Bot. Bay, p. 281. 
Body blue; dorfal fin 3-fpined, the firft ferrate behind ; pouch 
large, refembling a jelly-bag ; caudal fin deeply cleft into 
6 — 7 parts. 
jojfai fin ^-fpined ; body black, papillous ; tail near- 
ly entire, tipt with white. .... 
Inhabits the coaft of Sumatra, Linn. Travf. m. 37. 
Eyes nearly vertical, oblong, iris brown ; prickles of the tail 
fmall, reverfed, difpofed in 7 rows ; firft dorfal fin black ; 
caudal yellowilb, the reft yellow. 
JDor/ 3, 27, pect.ij^, fl«. 24, caud. to rays. 
Firft dorfal fin 3-rayed ; fides of the tail with very ftrong 
recumbent fpines ; body black, waved with red lines. 
Inhabits Sumatra. Linn. Tranf. iii. 37. 
Head large, obtufe ; iris brown ; from the lips running down 
to the bafe of the peHoral fins are 3 red bands ; body oblique- 
' ly undulate with 12 red lines ; caudal fpines ftrong, the an- 
terior ones fmootli and horny ; firft dorfal fin black, the reft 
yellow ; tail nearly even. 
Dorf,^,z6, pect, 12, an. 2-1, caud, 13 rzys. 
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