FIVE-SPINED BODIAN. 
Generic Character. 
Gill-Covers scaly and armed; but smooth at 
the margin. 
Specific Character, &c. 
Red BODIAN, with five spines on the gill- 
covers. 
Jaguaraca. 
Piso. Ray. Willughb. &c. 
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This is one of the new genera into which the vast 
number of thoracic fishes are, in consequence of 
the late accessions to natural history, at present 
distinguished. It contains several species, some of 
which are remarkable for the beauty of their colours : 
that represented on the present plate is a native of 
the Brasilian seas, and is represented of about half 
the natural size. Its native name among the Brasi¬ 
lians is Budiano. 
