350 

 PLECTOGNATHI. 



GYMNODONTID.E. 



GYMNODONTID^. 



r-%- 



THE SHORT SUN-FISH. 



Orthagoriscus mola, Schneider. Cuvier, Regne An. t. ii. p. 369. 



,, Rondeletii, Sun-fish, Willughby, p. 151, I. 26. 



Tetrodon mola, Short Telrodon, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 172, pi. 22. 



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



Orthagoriscus mola, Molebut, Flem. Brit. An. p. 175, sp. 32. 



„ „ „ Jenyns, Man. Brit. Vert. p. 490, sp. 179. 



Generic Characters. — Jaws undivided, forming a cutting edge ; body com- 

 pressed, 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. 



The Sun-fish, as this species has been called from the 

 twofold circumstance of its almost circvilar form and shining 

 surface, though occurring but occasionally, may be said to 

 have been taken from John o^Groat's to the Land's End. 



