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POLYNEME. 
so as to resemble spangles lying close together ; and 
there is no variety of tinge on the fish, except a 
shade of red on the end of the nose, which is fat 
and fleshy ; the eye is large and black, with a broad 
yellowish- white iris ; the teeth are small, very sharp, 
and close-set ; the first dorsal fin has eight spiny 
rays, the first of which is very short ; the second 
dorsal fin has eleven soft or branched rays ; the pec- 
toral and ventral fins are also furnished with rays of 
a similar kind ; the setaceous processes are five in 
number on each side, gradually lengthening as they 
recede from the mouth, the last appearing nearly 
to equal half the length of the body ; the tail is 
deeply and sharply forked, the upper lobe extend- 
ing somewhat beyond the lower. 
