21 



CENTPJSCUS. 



FoEir 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-EISH. 



BELLOWS-P^ISH. 



Scolopax, 



BaUst&s scolo'pax, 

 Centriscus scolopax, 

 Centrisqim hecasse, 

 Solenostemus scolopa.v, 

 Centriscus scolopiuv. 



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. 



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

 representing a dry specimen. 



Artedi and Lixx^eus. 



CuviER. Bloch: pi. 123, f. 1, a poor figure. 



Lacepede. 



Risso. 



Fleming; Br. Animals, p. 220. 



Donovan; pi. 63, 



Jenyns; Manual, p. -iOO. 



Yareell; 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 



