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PISCES THORACICI. ZEUS. 
No. LXVII. 
Zeus cor pore oblongo-ovato , squamosa; cauda bifida ; radio dor soli secundo perlongo. 
The Zeus with an oblong-ovate, squamous body ; a forked tail ; and the second dorsal 
ray very long. 
Called by the Natives Wodawahah. 
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B. vi. D . 20 . P. 15. V. 6. A. li. G. 18. 
The body oblong-ovate, much compressed, thin, scales large, ciliate, imbricate, tenacious. 
The head declivous, thin, compressed; without scales, the front depressed, a little grooved; the rostrum 
short, obtuse. The structure of the mouth, the maxillae, teeth, tongue, palate, eyes, nostrils, and opercula, as 
in the preceding species, but the branchial membrane had six rays. 
The trunk. The back more arched than the abdomen, carinate; the sides and tail compressed; the latter 
rather broad near the fin; the abdomen rather flat. The branchiae tuberculate. The lateral line conspicuous, 
supreme, very gently curve to the end of the dorsal fin, then straight. The anus nearer the tail than the head. 
The Jins. The dorsal long, consisting of nine spinous and ten ramous rays ; the first spine very short, the 
second very strong, and ends in a setaceous tail, nearly equal in length to the body ; the other spinous rays 
soft, and a little longer than the ramous. The pectoral fins long, narrow, falcate; the ventral long, broad; 
the anal had three spines and eight small, declining, ramous, rays; the caudal bifid. 
The colour. The upper part of the head and back, of a darkish green, all the rest, especially the breast and 
abdomen, a bright silver. The fins glassy, with a faint yellow cast. 
The fish described six inches in length, and they seldom exceed eight. 
REMARKS. 
This fish is caught in the same season with the others, and cured in like manner. It agrees in the structure 
of the mouth, as well as in most other characters, but differed in some not immaterial: the shape is different, the 
scales larger; the pectoral fins longer, and the anal much shorter, than in any of the six preceding species; to 
which it may be added, that the branchial membrane has six rays 
