A. pinnâ dorsali lineari, æquali.
Dorsal fin linear, equal.
Linn. Syst. Nat. vol. i. p. 1145. Pennant iv. pl. 28. Bloch, pl. 73. 2.
Lacepede, ii. 275. Klein Hist. Pisc. fasc. iv. tab. 12. f. 10.
This, though a very common fish, has been figured by all authors as if the rays were spined and naked at their extremity; they are, on the contrary, soft and connected.
It abounds at certain times on many parts of our coasts. The number of rays stand thus: Pectoral 12; dorsal 51; anal 27.
