THE 
GLAUCOUS CHiLTODON. 
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GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Head small: Mouth small: Teeth closc-set* 
flexile, setaceous. 
Gill-Membrane., three, four, five, or six-rayed. 
Body broad, compressed, and, generally, fas- 
dated : dorsal and anal fin thick, fleshy, 
and scaly at the base. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, l^c. 
Blue CH.^TODON,with rhombic-ovate body; 
the upper parts crossed by black bands; the 
sides and abdomen silvery. 
Der blanc Klippfisch. 
Block ickth. t. 2io. 
The fish here represented is a native of the Ame¬ 
rican seas, and is sometimes found of the length o 
near three feet. It seems to have been first figured by 
Plumier, from whose drawing it is engraved in the 
splendid ichthyological work of Dr. Bloch. 
