SYSTEMATIC LIST OF THE FAUNA. 



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Order— PLECTOGNATHI. 



Fam. I. Sclerodermi — File-fishes. 



Gen. Balistes, Car. 



344. BALISTES CAPRISCUS, Gin. 



The File-fish, Mediterranean File-fish, Pig- 

 faced Trigger-fish. 

 Le poupon noble. 



Der Hornfisch, Seebock, Schiessfisch. 

 Balista caprisco (//.). 

 Vulg., Pesce balla, pesce balestra(7V., Ven., 



Finnic). 

 Croat., Mihaca. 

 Habit. General ; Venice, Trieste ; rare ; not 



uncommon in the south (Spalato). 

 Season. Summer. 

 Quality, o. 



Fam. II. Gvmnodontes — Sun-fishes. 

 Gen. Orthagoriscus, Bl. Schn. 



345. ORTHAGORISCUS MOLA, L. 

 Tetrodon mola, L. 



The Molebut, Sun-fish. 

 Le Mole. 



Der Mondfisch, Klumpfisch. 

 Ortagorisco luna (It.). 



Vulg., Pesce luna, pesce balla (T/:), pesce 



balla, pesce barila (Fiume), pesce luna, 



pesce rioda, pesce rioda ruvido, ( Ven.). 



Mjesecarka, butac,bucat mjesecara (Croat.). 



Habit. General, but rare ; sp. from Venice, 



Trieste, Spalato. 

 Season. July, August. 



Quality, o ; attains to a length of upwards of 

 three feet. 



346. ORTHAGORISCUS TRUNCATUS, 

 Retz. 



Truncated Sun-fish. 

 Der Mondfisch. 

 Ortagorisco del Planco (//.). 

 Vulg., Girasol (Fiume). 

 Pesce luna, Pesce balla ( Tr.). 

 Pesce rioda liscio (Ven.). 

 Croat. As No. 345. 

 Habit. General, but rare ; sp. from Trieste, 

 Curzola, St. Pietro della Brazza, Neum, 

 Czirquenicza, off the island of Solta. 

 Season. Occasionally caught in July, August, 



and April. 

 Quality, o ; attains to a length of twenty inches. 



Sub-Class— CYCLOSTOMATA. 



Fam. Petromvzontid>e — Lampreys. 



Gen. Petromyzon, Art. 

 347. PETROMYZOX MARINUS, L. 



The Lamprey, Sea Lamprey, Spotted Lam- 

 prey. 



La Lamproie de mer, la grande Lamproie. 



Die Seelamprete, das Neunauge, die Pricke, 

 Meerpricke. 



Lampreda marina (It.). 



Vulg., Lampreda, Lampreda di mar (Tr., 

 Ven., Fiume). 



Magna (Mangia) pegola* (Tr., Fiume). 

 Croat., Lamprida, Paklena. 

 Paklara (Spalato). 

 Habit. General, though rare ; ascends the rivers 

 in spring ; found in most rivers flowing into 

 the Adriatic ; also in Dalmatia (Narenta). 

 Season. Summer. 

 Quality. Flesh savoury. 



* i.e. " Pitch-eater." 



