4G2 



GYMNODONTIDE. 



PLECTOGNATIII. 



GYMNODONTID&. 



THE SHORT SUN-FISH. 



Orthagoriscus mo/a, SCHNEIDER. CUVIER, Regne An. t. ii. p. 369. 



,, liondeletii, Suiifish, WIT.LUGHBY, p. 151, I. 26'. 



Tetrodon mo/a, Short Tetrodon, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 172, pi. 22. 



,, ,, Sun-fish, DON. Brit. Fish. pi. 25. 



Orthagoriscus mo/a, Molebut, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 175, sp. 32. 



,, ,, ,, JENYNS, Man. Brit. Vert. p. 490, sp. 179. 



ORTHAGORISCUS. Generic Characters. Jaws undivided, forming a cutting 

 edge ; body compressed, deep for its length, short, truncated, without spines ; 

 tail short, and very high vertically ; rays of the dorsal and anal fins long and 

 pointed, both united to the caudal fin at the base. 



