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PISCES THORACICI. PERCA. 
opercula to the middle of the last portion of the dorsal fin, arched, then straight. The branchiae and anus as 
usual. 
The Jins. The long dorsal fin interrupted, the anterior half arched, the posterior equal; the pectoral rather 
low, long, acuminate above; the ventral short, the second ray with a setaceous tail; the anal small, acuminate 
in the middle, and has only two spinous rays; the caudal oblong, entire, with a point. 
Colour. The crown and back changeable pearl, the rest a silvery white; a large irregular black spot on the 
shoulder, a second much longer passes obliquely from the beginning of the dorsal fin to the lateral line, and 
then bends towards the abdomen, a third, narrower and shorter, crosses the line also; behind which are three 
more diminishing in size, the last on the upper part of the tail. On the dorsal fin, a broad, oblong, black 
macula extends from the second to the sixth spinous ray, the rest of the membrane stone-gray, with a narrow, 
black margin; the other fins are of a faint yellowish white. 
Length, five inches. 
No. CXXIV. 
Perca caudci bifida; sfinis dorsalibns duo decern macula farva in pinna dorsali , et maculis 
oblongis Jiiscis ad later a. 
The Perch with a bifid tail, eleven dorsal spines; a small mark on the dorsal fin, and 
several oblong brown marks on the body. 
Called by the Natives Garipe. 
12 J_ _ 3 _ 
B. vii. D. 25. P. 16. V. 6. A. 10. C. 18. 
This in the material characters comes near the fish last described. It is rather thicker at the shoulders, the 
head less pointed, the crown broader, and the rostrum shorter. The eyes are higher, and the nostrils closer to 
each other and to the orbit. The teeth are smaller, setaceous; the lateral line less arched, and commences at 
the eye. 
The ramous portion of the dorsal fin is shorter and more arched; the anal has three spinous rays; the 
caudal bifid. 
It nearly resembles the former fish in colour. It has a fainter spot on the shoulder, but three only on the 
lateral line, in colour less dark; the black spot on the dorsal fin is small and square. The pectoral and ventral 
fins are of a faint yellow; the colour of the others as in the former fish. 
The length, four inches and a half. 
