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The Hifiory of ANIMALS. 
Balijies aculeis dorfi tribus 3 cauda bifurca. 
The Balijies , with three fpines on the back> 
and a forked tail 
JFIS), 
The head of this fpecies is large and comprefled3 the roflrum is oblong, and is pro- 
tended beyond the lower jaw: the eyes are moderately large, and their iris is iilvery ; 
their pupil is black 3 the noflrils have each a double aperture, and Hand at a fmall di¬ 
stance below the eyes: the mouth is moderately large 3 there are eight teeth in the 
lower jaw3 they are extreamly large, and of a fquare figure, and there are fourteen 
more in the upper jaw: the fcales are very large and very hard, and are of a fquare 
figure. 
The firfl back fin has three very robuft and thick fpines3 the hinder back fin has 
thirty rays, but they are all foft and flexile : the pedtoral fins have each fifteen3 the 
belly fin, for there is but one, has fifteen, fixteen, or feventeen prickly rays : the 
pimia ani has twenty-feven rays, all of them foft, and the anterior ones longefl : the 
tail is extreamly forked, and has twelve rays. 
This fpecies grows to a foot, or more, in length, and to about five inches in breadth, 
but it is ufually met with much finaller: there is on the belly, near the ventral fin, an 
extreamly large and robuft fpine, which points backwards. 
This fifh is frequent in the Brafilian Seas. Marcgrave calls it Guaperva 3 and jon- 
fion, and mofl of the other writers, have called it by the fame name. We have it 
among our collectors, who call it the Old-wife. 
Balijies aculeis dorfi duobus cauda quadrata . 
The Balijies , with only two fpines on the back, 
and a fquare tail , 
SO)e long 
cswaperisu 
This is a very fingular and a very beautiful fpecies: it grows from ten to fifteen 
inches in length, but it is more frequently met with of three or four: the head is 
large, oblong, fomewhat comprefled, but flatted at the top3 the eyes are large, and 
the noflrils are placed a little below them 3 they have a double aperture each, and are 
very confpicuous in the living fifh, though much lefs fo in the dead : the mouth is mo¬ 
derately large, and is furnifhed with a number of extreamly large teeth, Handing con¬ 
tiguous to one another, and protended forward: the body is longer, in proportion to 
it’s breadth, than in the former fpecies, but it is comprefled in the fame manner: the 
fcales are very large, very firm and hard, and of an irregularly angulated figure, ap¬ 
proaching to fquare : the anterior back fin has only two prickly rays, but they are very 
robufl and flrong; the hinder back fin has feveral foft rays 3 there is no fpine at the 
belly : the tail is not at all forked, but approaches to a fquare figure. 
This fpecies is caught with the former, in the Brafilian Seas. Lifier calls it Guaper¬ 
va longa, cauda fere quadrata minime forcipata, capitis vertice latiufculo. 
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Balijies cauda bifurca y pinna dorfi maculofia . 
The Balijies , with a forked taiL and with 
the back fin /potted. 
This is a very fingularly-fhaped fpecies: the body is comprefled, and very broad, in 
proportion to the length; the head alfo is comprefled : the eyes are fmall3 their iris is 
filvery, and the pupil round and greenifh: the noflrils are not very confpicuous, but 
there is an appearance of a double aperture to each 5 the mouth is not very large, but 
it is well furniftied with teeth, which are large, and placed clofe to one another 3 and 
the anterior ones fomewhat protended : the upper part of the head is fomewhat flat¬ 
ted, but it is not broad : the fcales are large and hard, and of a fingular figure 3 on the 
back there flands a fingle fpine, which is large, and has the appearance of a horn 3 it 
is on every part tuberculofe, or armed with a number of obtufe teeth 3 the fecond 
back fin is long, and moderately tall, and is of a pale brownifh-grey colour, variegated 
with feveral fpots of black : the belly fin is fingle, and flands in the fame direfiion 
with the pinna ani j the tail is forked, and is of an olive colour. 
This 
