Trig la volitans. Kite-fijh. Head fquare; two ftrong 
fpines at the hinder part: gill cover ending in a long ftrong fpine : 
body roundifh and (lender: on the fcales run lengthwife a fcal- 
loped thin ridge : between the dorfal fins a ftngle fhort fpine: ven¬ 
tral fins very large, reaching to the tail:, four appendages under 
the throat, united by a web: tail forked: length one foot and an 
half. When frefh taken, the back is either a light or dufky 
red; the belly white; and the ventral fins prettily fpotted. 
D. 5. 8 . P. 6. V. 22. A. 6. 
Inhabits the Atlantic and Indian ocean and the.Mediterranean 
fea: when purfued by the Doredo, &c. quits the water; and, by 
means of its ventral fins, flies in the air about a ftone’s caft. It 
is common in the fifh markets of Italy, Sicily, and Malta. 
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