THE 
EEL-SHAPED PLATYSTACUS. 
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Generic Character. 
Body short, depressed. Tail long, compressed. 
Specific Character , &c. 
Brown PLATYSTACUS, with longitudinal 
white stripes, and the second dorsal, anal, 
and caudal fin united. 
The striped PLATYSTACUS. 
The Platystacus cotylephorus has before been re¬ 
presented in the present publication ; the species 
now figured is a native of the same seas, and differs 
in the more lengthened form of the head, the smaller 
size of the thoracic aculei, and particularly in the 
want of those numerous acetabular processes situated 
beneath the abdomen. 
