PISCES THORACICI. ZEUS. 
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extending them being perfectly white, gave to the whole, when protruded far beyond the rostrum, a tubular 
appearance, pellucid, glistening. 
Teeth minute, perceptible only to the finger. Tongue short, round, smooth, free. Palate smooth. Eyes 
supreme very large, orbicular, not prominent; iris pearl. Nostrils double, close on the rostrum, the posterior 
largest. Branchial opercula smooth, oblong-rounded, the posterior a little acuminate; the membrane covered, 
four-rayed; aperture small. 
The trunk. The back arched, carinate, the sides much compressed ; the breast sub-carinate, the belly arched, 
the tail small, thin. The exterior branchiae pectinate, on the inside. Lateral line, from the upper edge of the 
opercula, gently arched, and ending at the middle ray of the caudal fin. The anus nearer the head than 
the tail. 
The Jins. The dorsal rising from the highest part of the back, was continued to near the caudal fin; it con¬ 
sisted of eight declining, spinous, rays, (the first excepted, which was very short,) and sixteen ramous rays 
nearly equal in length, resembling united pinnule. The pectoral fin middle, short, acuminate above. The 
ventral shorter, with one spinous, and five ramous rays. The anal of the same form as the dorsal, but shorter, 
with one short, and two longer spines. The caudal bifid, the lobes sub-lanceolate. 
The colour. The upper part of the head of a greenish yellow; all the rest, as well as the trunk, a shining 
white, changing in different lights like mother of pearl. The fins a pale yellow; and there was an irregular 
black spot on the middle of the dorsal fin. 
The length of the subject five inches and a half; and it is seldom they are met with of greater length. 
No. LXII. 
Zeus corf tore rhombeo, squamoso; cauda biloba; spinis dorsalibus mollibus septem. 
The Zeus with a rhombic, squamous body; a tail divided into two unequal lobes; and 
seven soft dorsal spines. 
Called by the Natives Tottah Karah. 
JL 1 1,3 
JS. V. D. 24. P. 17 . V. 6. A. 17 . C. 24. 
This pisciculus agrees in most circumstances so exactly with the one immediately preceding, that it may 
suffice to mention the few in which they differ. 
The eyes are smaller, and not so high; the lateral line forms a higher arch, and terminates near the upper 
edge (not at the middle) of the caudal fin; the spines of the dorsal fin are slender; the pectoral fins situated 
lower; and the caudal is divided into two unequal lobes, the under being broadest. 
The colour a bright silver, with a few pale yellow bands on the sides. The dorsal, ventral, and anal fins, 
orange at the roots ; above, glassy; the pectoral and caudal glassy, with a faint cast of yellow at the edges. 
The length , of the subject nine inches ; which was an uncommon large size, as they seldom exceed seven. 
REMARKS. 
This fish when dressed tastes like the whiting. Two inches is their common size. They are caught, like the 
former, in vast numbers, and cured for the use of the inland countries. 
