PRICKLY FINNED THORACIC FISHES. 321 



The cepola is an inhabitant of the Mediterranean 

 sea ; the body is sword-like ; the head blunt, and the 

 mouth flat. 



The coryphaena, or razor-fish, has the body like a 

 wedge ; and the fin covering the gills with five spines. 



The scomber, or mackarel : the body oblong ; the 

 line running down the side zigzagged towards the tail ; 

 the head sharp and small ; and the fins covering the gills 

 with six spines ; and several false fins towards the tail. 



The labrus, or wrasse : the body is oval ; the head 

 middling ; the lips doubled inward, with both cutting 

 and grinding teeth ; and the fin covering the gills with 

 only five spines. 



The sparus, or sea-beam : the body oblong ; the lips 

 not inverted ; the teeth cutting and grinding ; and the 

 fins covering the gills with five rays. 



The chcetodon, or cat-fish : the body oblong ; the 

 head small ; the teeth slender and bending; and the fin 

 that covers the gills with five or six spines. 



The scisena : the body nearly elliptical ; the head 

 bevile, and the fins covered with scales ; those upon 

 the back are hidden in a furrow, and that which covers 

 the gills has six rays. 



The perch : the body oblong ; the head bevile ; the 

 covers of the gills scaly and toothed, and that which is 

 attached to the gills with seven spines. 



The sorpoena, or father-lasher, has a large head, a 

 long body, and the fin covering the gills has seven 

 spines. 



The mullus, or surmulet, is considered as a delicacy: 

 the body is slender; the head nearly square; and the 

 fin which covers the gills has only three spines. 



The trigla, or gurnard, has a slender body, with a 

 head formed like the fish that has just been described, 



