THE 
BLUE CORYPHiENA, 
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Generic Character . 
Head sloping suddenly downwards. 
Gill-membranes five-rayed. 
Dorsal Fin the length of the hack. 
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Specific Character , &c. 
BLUE CORYPfLENA with gold-coloured 
irides. 
Novaeula cterulea. The Blue-Fish. 
Catesb. Car. 2. t. IS. 
Le Rasoir bleu. 
Bloch, ichth . 6 . t. 176 . 
The Coryphaena casrulea is a native of the Ameri¬ 
can seas, and grows to about the length oi twofedt. 
An elegant figure of this fish occurs amongst the 
drawings of the celebrated Father Plunder, by whom 
it was described in the preceding century: of this 
fio-ure Dr. Bloch has availed himself in his splendid 
& 
ichthyological publication.' 
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