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S y n g n a t h u s p e e l a t u s .
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2). 24.? P . 10.? C. 13.
PLATE XXL FIG. 1.
Hab, apud Loo-Choo.
A spe c im on o f tliis p r e tty s p e c ie s w a s p re s e rv e d b y C a p t. B e lc h e r , R . N „ a n d p r e s e n te d bv h im
lo th e M u s e um o f th e Z o o lo g ic a l Soc ie ty . I t s to ta l le n g th is fo u r in c h e s a n d e ig h t lin e s ■ its g r e a te s t
b re a d th th re e line s. Tho p la te s o f tho b o d y a rc s ix te e n in e a c h row ; th o s e o f th e ta il a r e th irty -s ix
T h e e y e m sm a ll, a n d is p la c e d m idw ay b e tw e e n th e lip o f th e s n o u t a n d th e ed g e o f th e o p r r cA o i .
T h e tip o f th e s n o u t is s lig h tly tu rn e d n p . T h e line o f profile is c o n tin u e d s tr a ig h t a lo n g th e sn o u t to
th e fo r e p a r t o f th e o r b i t ; from w h en c e i t ris e s in a g e n tle c u rv e to th e b a c k , th e g r e a te s t e lev a tio n o f
w h ich IS a b o u t m r d w a , b e tw e e n th e p e c to ra l fins a n d th e in th is s itu a tio n th o h e ig h t o f th e
Iiody ,s a b o u t th r e e lin e s ; th e h e ig h t a t th e anus is little m ore th a n tw o lin e s ; from th o anus th e ta il
ta p e r s re g u la rly a u d g ra d u a lly to its tip , w h e re i t is le ss th a n o n e lin n in h e ig h t. T h e b r e a d th o t tho
b a c k o v e r th e anus is a b o u t o n e lin e a n d a h a l f ; a t th e tip o f th e t a i l h a lf a line . T h e s n o u t b e fo re
th e eyes is m u ch c om p re s s e d ; b e ln n d th em th e sid e s o f th e h e a d a n d aparcula a r e b ro ad e r, a n d n e a ilv
e q u a l th e b r e a d th o f th e body. T h e d o rs a l fin c om m en c e s b eh in d th e p o in t opposed to th e a m u F rom
th e tip o t tlie s n o u t to th e eye th e d is ta n c e is th re e lin e s ; th e d iam e te r o f th e o rb it is o n e line - from th e
o rb it to t h e e d g e o f th e operculum, th re e lin e s ; h e n c e to th e « r a s th e d is ta n c e is o ne in c h a n d fo u r line s
T h e do rsa l c om m en c e s tw o in c h e s b e h in d th o t ip o f th e sn o u t : its le n g th is le ss th a n five line s
T h e g e n e ra l c o lo n r o f th e sp e c im e n is d u sk y . T h e low e r p a r t o f th e s id e s o f th e h o d , ¡.s'p a le r
a n d IS m a rk e d w ith th re e s e rie s o t sm a ll r o u n d e d w h ite spots, d isp o sed in a q u in c u n c ia l o rd e r ; e a ch s e a lè
h a v in g th r e e s p o ts , o n e a t its u p p e r , a n o th e r .at its low e r, a n d a th i rd a t its m id d le h e ig h t in f ro n t T h e
b e lly is liv id w h ite . T h e th ro a t a n d low e r p a r t o f th e opcrcula is m ilk -w h ite , th ro u g h w h ich p a s s e s a
b la c k in te r ru p te d lin e , whicli e x te n d s fo rw a rd s from th e com m e n c em e n t o f tho la te r a l k e e l b o n n d i i i . th e
b e lly , to th e low e r p a r t o f th e orb it. ®
O r d e r B R A N C H I O S T E G I .
F am. B A L IS T ID Æ .
B a l i s t e s W i l l u g h b e i i .
B a l. oblongo-ovalis, in fr à confertim albido g u tta tu s : squamis lateralibus posticisgue s
analique elevatiSjtrianguîaribus; caudali triloba,
D. 3 ,2 0 . P . 14. V . ~ . A . n . C. 12.
PLATE XXL FIG. 2.
ii : p in n is dorsali seuinda
Guaperva longa, &c. Will., Ichth. App. p. 21. tab. 1.20.—Ray , Syn. Pise .p. 48.
Prickle or longest File-fish. Grew, Rar. p . 113. tab. 7.
Hab. in Oceano Pacifico prope Acapulco.
A sp e c im e n o f th is fish w a s p re s e rv e d by C a p t. E e lc lie r, R . N ., a n d p re s e n te d b y him to th e
M u s e um o f th e Z o o lo g ic a l S o c ie ty . I t s form is m o re e lo n g a te d th a n is usu a l am o n g its con g en e rs
Its h e ig h t b e in g less th a n o n e -th ird o f i t s to ta l le n g th . I t s su rfa c e , as in th e o th e r sp e c ie s o f Ba liste s
IS d iv id e d in to c om p a r tm e n ts , o f w hich th o s e b e h in d th e g ill-o p e n in g s on e a c h a id e a re n o t e v id e n tly
l a rg e r th a n th e ad jo in in g o n e s , th e ir d is tin c tio n in th is p a r t b e in g very fa in tly m a rk e d ; e a ch o f th e
c om p a r tm e n ts p o s te rio r to th e p e c to ra l fins, o x c e p ü n g th o s e o f th e b a c k a n d b e lly , is fu rn ish ed to w
a rd s its a n te r io r p a r t w ith a s h o r t w h itish som ew h a t sp in o u s tu b e r c le d ire c te d b a c kw a rd s . O n th e
ta il th e s e tu b e r c le s fo rm n in e row s , b u t n o n e o f th em a re su fiic ie n tly s tro n g to d e s e rv e th e n am e o f
.spines; a n d th e y c a n o n i , be r e g a rd e d a s re p r e s e n tin g th e s tro n g a rm a tu r e o f th is p a r t in som e o th e r
sp e c ie s .
I r t .
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