CHINESE FISTULARIA. 97 



This species is said to live chiefly on the smaller 

 fishes, sea-insects, and worms, which the structure 

 of its snout enables it readily to obtain, by intro- 

 ducing that part into the cavities of rocks, under" 

 stones, &c. where those animals are usually found. 



CHINESE FISTULARIA. 



Fistularia Chinensis. F. squamosa rufescens, nigro maculata, 



cauda rotundata mutica. 

 Scaly rufescent Fistularia., with black spots and simple rounded 



tail. 

 Fistularia Chinensis. F. cauda rotundata mutica. Lin. Sy$t. 



Nat. p. 515. 

 Fistularia Chinensis. F. cdentata, cauda rotundata. Block, f. 



388. 

 The Chinese Trumpet-Fish. 



LENGTH from three to four feet : general shape 

 like that of an eel, but the body thicker in propor- 

 tion than in the preceding species : head lengthen- 

 ed into a strong cartilaginous, or rather bony and 

 laterally-compressed, tubular snout, much broader 

 than in the former species : mouth small : eyes 

 rather large : scales of moderate size, strong, and 

 much resembling in their structure those of the 

 genera of Perca and Ch&todon : from the middle of 

 the back to the dorsal fin run severed strong, short, 

 and rather distant spines : dorsal and anal fin of 

 similar shape, and placed opposite each other, pretty 

 near the tail, which is short, rounded, and marked 

 by a pair of black stripes : pectoral fins rounded : 



v. v. P. i. 7 



