116 FISHES. CARTILAGINEI. 42, 43. 44. 



broad, i i-raycd ; ventral 4; anal opposite the dorsal, 5 ; tail narrow, 

 slightly rounded, i2-rayed. 



159. C. ocellatusi Livid-brown with obscure spots, tape- 

 ring behind : snout projecting : before each eye a 

 pair of beards : nape with 2 large ocellar spots. 



Ocellatcd Sucker, Jura S. Br. Zool. iii. t. 22. Donov. t. 76. 



Body about 4 inches long, fometimes paler with the spots 

 more distinct : head broad, tapering to the fnout which is obtufc 

 and red : iris blue, with a deep red cirri under each eye : nape with 

 2 large obovate purplish fpots, each inclofed within a broad pale 

 ring, and having a blue pupil in the centre : dorfal and anal-fns 

 reaching clofe to the tail, red, the former ii-rayed, the lattei 10 ; 

 Pectoral pale , 17 ; tail red, a little rounded, 6-rayed. 



42. CEPHALUS. Sun-fish. 



160. C. brcvis. Brown, beneath silvery: body nearly as 

 deep as it is long : aperture of the gills ovate. 



Short Sun-fish. Br. Zool. t . 1 2. Donovan t. 25. Shatuv.t. 175. 



Body growing to a large size, nearly orbicular, rough with small 

 tubercles, edged behind with a shallow fin : mouth finall, projecting, 

 iilled with fmall obtufe unequal teeth in the lower-jaw : eyes black : 

 iris yellow : aperture of the gills oval, with the rounded pcctoral- 

 linsjust behind ; dorfal and anal-fins opposite and joined to the tail : 

 dorfal-fin J3-rayed; anal 16; pectoral 12; tail furrounding the 

 hind-part of the body, i^-rayed. 



161. C. oblongus. Dusky, beneath silvery: body nearly 

 thrice as long as it is deep : aperture of the gills 

 semi lunar. 



Oblong Sun-fish. Br. Zool. iii. t. 19. Donovan, t. 61. 



Body refembling the former, but is of a more lengthened shape, 

 refembling a fish cut off in the middle, and between the eyes and 

 pectoral-fins are a few dusky streaks pointing downwards : the aper- 

 ture of the gills is alfo lunate, and not oval ; dorfal-fin 12-rayed; 

 pectoral 14; anal 15 ; tail i7-rayed. 



43. TETRODON. 



162. T. stdlatus. Above blue, beneath silvery : prickles 

 of the belly arising from a stellated root of 4 rays. 



Stellated Tetrodon. Br. Zoo\. t. 20. Donovan t. 66. Shaw t. 177. 



Body about 12 inches long, taper, capable of dilating the belly to 

 a great size : prickles of the belly orange, sharp, covering the whole 

 space of the belly as far as the anal-fin : dorsal Jin opposite the anal, 

 u-rayed ; pectoral 14 ; anal 10; tail even, with a slight projection 

 in the middle, with 6 branched rays. 



44. SYNGNATHUS. Pipe-fish. 



163. S. Acm. Body 7-sided, yellowish-white with trans- 

 verse brown bands : tail radiate, snout narrower than 

 the head. 



Needle-fish. Br. Zool. t. 23, Shaw v. t. 179. 



Body 12 to 15 inches long, very slender, quadrangular at the tail, 

 covered with finely striate plates : fnout a. little compressed, notfo 

 broad as the head : nape carinate, the aperture of the gills on the 

 right side: belly strongly carinate, making the body distinctly 

 7-sided : vent nearer the head : dorsal-fir, fpotted, 38-rayed : pectoral 

 14; anal 6 ; tail rounded, to-rayed. 



164. S. Ti/phle. Body 6-sided : tail radiate : snout as wide 

 as the head. 



