THE 
ROCK MACHOURUS. 
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Generic Character. 
Tail gradually attenuated. 
Specific Character , GV . 
MACROURUS with very large eyes and gra¬ 
dually attenuated tail. 
Der Berglachs. 
Bloch, ichth. t. 177 . 
The genus Macrourus, first instituted by Dr. 
Bloch, contains only one species, which is a native 
of the Northern seas, and grows to the length of 
two, and sometimes three feet. Jn the arrange¬ 
ment of Linmnus it was considered as a species of 
Coryphaena. 
