THE 
COMMON CORY PH.^:NA. 
Generic Character. 
Head Hoping fuddenly downwards. 
Gill-covers five-rayed. 
Dorfal Fin the length of the back. 
Specific Character, &c. 
SE.4-GREEN CORYHyENA, fpotted with 
orange, w'ith blue back and forked tail. 
The COMMON CORYPH/ENA. 
The SEA-GREEN SPOTTED CORYPHENE, 
popularly called the Dolphin. 
The genus Coryphjena is diftinguiflicd in general 
by a more than ufual gaiety of color; many of the 
fpecies being equal in brilliancy to the richefbof the 
Labri and Zei, or even to the golden fplendor of 
fome of the Cyprini. The particular fpecies here 
reprefented is not unfrequently found in the Medi¬ 
terranean, and has fometimes been moll erroneoufly 
called by the title of Dolphin. It grows to the 
length of four, or even five feet. It is extremely 
fwift and vigorous, and of a predacious nature. 
