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II. CRAYRACION. 



26. Crayracionqvadrangularis, pone & ante procefiibus duobuslon- 



gis cornu fimilibus & pellucidis armatus. Pilciculus cornu- 

 tus ieu Itang Setang $. Bontii ; Lifl. app. Willughb. p. ij(f. 

 Tab. J. ij.f. 1. Mulei olim noftri j habet pinnam in dorlb 

 propecaudam, qvae ercda caput refpicit, &recondi poteft, 

 qvam Bontius in ventre pofuit. 



27. Crayracion qvadrangularis , &produ<frus. OflracionNiliG^wm; 



Holofleon Bellonii; Oflracion iprior Aldrovandi. Oflracion 

 oblongo-qvadrangulus , tuberculis qvatuor majoribus in dor- 

 ib, Artedi c). 



c) Niriil cetti deeo conflat ; Bclienii figati mutila cft; cui vifiis pifcisad pentagonumac- 

 cedens; nulla BcUonius tubercula in dorfo obfervavit, afl sfldn-vandns plura qvam 

 qvatuor in pifce, qvem multos annos ficcatum inter rariores refcrvavit. Impugnat 

 Mdrov. nomen Ofiracionis, habetqvc pifcem pro nafo nilotico. SicOflracion prior 

 Mdrov. ab Oftracionc Gesncri & Holofko BtUoaii valde diffcrunt, ve| tigurarnm 

 varietate. 



28' Crayracton qvadrangularis, ad cervicem qvatuor tuberculis, qvac 

 in oflracione priori Aldrovandi non invenio, neqve pinnam 

 alteram ad caudam , dorfali oppoiitam. Pifcis qvadrangula- 

 ris, qvatuor tuberculis medio dorfo infignitus ; Oftracion 

 prior Aldrovandi Willughb. Tab. $. 10, cui tamcn p. 14$. fal- 

 tim fpecies oftracionis videtur, vel potiusvarietas. 



29. Crayrncion roftro os m prona parte fuperante, ftellatus & tefTel- 



Jatus. Oflracion tertius Lift.app. Willughb. p.ij6. Roflrum 

 five nafus admodum producitur in qvendam mucronem ibid. 

 Idem videtur Artedo cum pifce majusculo qvadrangulari, ro- 

 ftrato, Lifteri app. Willughb.p. 20. Raji p. ^j. ambo : 

 Oflracion oblongo qvadrangulus, roftro acuto, maculis in 

 dorfo & capite. Artedi. Wilkghb. Tab. J. u. 



30. Crayracion, in fingulis mediis fqvamis fingulae maculae majuscu- 



lac; pifcis mediocris qvadrangularis, maculofus, Lift. app. 

 Willughb. p. 20. Melius : Oftracion qvadrangulis maculis 

 variis plurimis, Artedi. Sqvamis enim carent Crayraciones 

 vel Oftraciones, corporaqvehabent plerumqve teflellata d). 



d) Teffellje nobis dicuntur, ob figuras fuperficietenus defcriptas, qvse, qvod denticulis 



mutuo coha^rent, in caufa funt, qvod ficcatorum pifcium exuvis facilius refolvan- 

 tur, vel franganturi (jvam cruftaccorum qvorundam tegmina. 



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