1<». ORTII AGORI^CrS. 317 



Third Group. MOLINA. 



10. ORTHAGOEISCUS. 



Ortliragorisfus, HI. Schii. p. olO. 



Ccphnlus, Slidw, (ieii. Zoul. y. '2. ]). 4->2. 



Copli.'iliis, Tviiipiuiomiiim, Diplancliins, Treinatopsi.^, Orllivaixoiisciis, 



et Ozodtira, liti/izani. 

 Ranzaiiia ct, Ortliagorisciis, Xanlo. 

 Pcdalion, d'nUdliKj. 



Jaws without median suture. Tail extremely short, truncate ; 

 vertical fins more or less confluent. Body compressed, short, covered 

 with a rou!?h or tessellated sldn not capable of being- expanded by 

 air. Ventral fins none. No pelvic bone. Air-bladder absent. 

 An accessory opercnhir gill. 



Pelagic fishes of the tropical and lempei-atc regions. 



a. OiiTii.vGOKiscrs. Skin rouijh. 



1 . Ortliagoriscus niola. 

 Sun-Fish. 



Orthragoriscus s. J^uua piscis, lioiidcl. p. 424 ; Gcmcr, p. ()40. 

 Mola, ISalvian. fol. lo'r, Aldrov. p. 412; iriniif/hhi/, p. ].51, liib. J 2(5; 



Joiisto/i,^ i. tit. 1. cap. n, tab. 0. fig. 2; Jan. Plane. Conun. Inst. 



Bnnon. iii. p. .'!ol, tab. 8; Borhisc, Cormrall,]). 2(')8, tab. 2('). fig. 7; 



liriinn. Pise. 31ass. p. 8; Domsma, Verh. M'ttatsch. Weet. ILiar- 



kni, xii. 1770, p. 413, c. tab. ; JIout(tii/n, NaUmii. Hid. i. tab. ()8. 



Ostracion, sp., Artcdt, Si/non. p. 8.'}. no. 4; Gen. p. Gl. no. 22; 



Gronor. Zoupht/I. nos. IB-J & 180. 

 Tetrodou mola, L. Si/st. N'at. i. p. 412 ; Brfz. J'ct. Ac. Nija llanill. vi. 



1785, p. llo, tab. 4; Donovan, Brit. Fish. ii. p. 25;' IIo7i>.c, Led. 



Cojnpar. Anat. vi. pis. 50 & 51. 

 Short Diodon, Pewn. Brit. Zool. iii. p. 131, pi. 19. 

 Short Tetrodou, Penn. I. c. ed. 1812, iii. p. 172, pi. 22. 

 Mole, Dvlumu'l, Peschcs, ii. sect. ix. p. 300, pi. 23, 

 Diodon mola, Bl. Ami. Fisch. i. p. 75, 1. 128. 

 Tetrodon lune, Lacep. i. p. 500. 

 Orthragoriscus mola, Bl. Sclin. p, 510; Flcm. Brit. An. p. 175; 



Jenynsi, Man. p. 490; Belli ngham, Mag. Nat. Hid. 1840, p. 235; 



Schleg. Faun. Japan. Poiss. p. 288, tab. 127; Yarrell, Brit. Fifth. 



2nd edit. ii. p. 402, and 3rd edit. ii. p. 432; Parn. Werner. 



Metn. vii. p. 401 ; Dekay, New York. Faun. Fish. p. 331, pi. 59. 



fig. 193 ; Storer, Massach. Reports, p. 170, pi. 3. fig. l,and Metn.Am. 



Acad. viii. p. 420, pi. 34. fig. 2 ; Bennett, Whaling Vogage,n. p. 202 ; 



Kroger, Danm. Fisk. iii. p. 732 ; Nilss. Skand. Faun. Fisk. p. 097 ; 



Wellenhergh, Ohservationes anatoniicec de O. M. Ludg.-Batav. 1840 • 



Goodsir, Edinh. Phitos. Journ. xxx. p. 188 ; Cleland. Nat. Hist. 



Beview, 1862, p. 183; Costa, Faun. Begn. Napol. Pt'sc.tav. 03 & 64. 

 Orthagoriscus fascia+us, Bl. Schn. p. 511. 

 Cephahis mola, Bis^j Ichth. Nice, p. 00. 



orthagoriscus. Bisso, Fur. Merid. iii. p. 173. 



brevis, Sliaw, Gen. ZdoI. v. 2, p. 432, pi. 175 ; Neill, Werner. 



Mem. i. p. 540; Turt. Brit. Faun. p. 110; Mitch. Lit. S)- Phil. 



Trcins. Nerr York, i. p. 471. 



