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CENTHISCrS. 



FoEM of the body compressed, oblong, or elevated; the anterior bones 

 of the skull brought forward into a long tube, at the end of which is 

 a small mouth having no teeth. Body with a cuirass, or separate bony 

 plates. Two dorsal fins, the first with a very strong spine; ventral 

 fins small, on the belly. 



TRUMPET-PISH. 



BELLOWS-FISH. 



Scolopax, 



Balistes scolopax, 

 Centriscus scolopax, 

 Centrisque becasse, 

 Solenostemus scolopax, 

 Centriscus scolopax, 







JoNSTON; Table 1, f. 9, but this name is 

 not derived from the same Greek word 

 which signifies a woodcock, but from 

 Scolops, a long and slender instrument, 

 from which also the bird itself obtained 

 its designation. 



WiLLOUGHBY; p. 160, table 25, f. 2, 

 repi'esenting a dry specimen. 



ArTEDI and LiNNiEUS. 



CuviER. Blocii; pi. 123, f. 1, a poor figure. 



Lacepede. 



Eisso. 



Fleming; Br. Aniiuals, p. 220. 



Donovan; pi. 63. 



Jenyns; Manual, p. 400. 



Yabhell; Br. Fishes, vol. i, p. 346. 



Gunther; Cat. Br, M., vol. iii, p. 518. 



This curious fish can scarcely be said to be common in 

 any part of the Mediterranean, and it is scarce everywhere 

 else. "Willoughby met with some examples in the fish-market 

 at Rome, whither they had been brought for sale as food; but 

 at best, and in a country where very little birds and fishes 

 furnish a supply for the table, these can add but little for 



