FISHES. CARTILAGINEI. 45. Centriscus 1U 



Shorter Pipe-fish. Br. Zool.t. 23. Donovan t. 56. Shaw f. 179. 



Refembles the last, but is shorter, the belly but slightly carinate r 

 giving it the appearance of being 6-sided only ; the fnout broad 

 and compressed ; and the dorfal-fin is not fpotted: dorfal-fin 41 ; pec- 

 toral 12 ; anal minute, 3 ; tail i2-rayed. 



J65. S. pelagicus. Yellow-brown, with narrow transverse 

 brown bands : body 7-sided, without anal-fin : tail 

 radiate. 



Pelagic Pipe-fish. Donovan's Brit. Fishes, t. 58. 



Body 5 or 6 inches long, linear : snout narrow : dorfal-fin 2J 

 rayed; pectoral 14 ; tail minute lorayed. 



166. T. barbarus. Body 6-sided, without anal fin or radi- 

 ate tail. 



Little Pipe-fish. Br. Zool. iii. tab. 23. n. 61. 



Body olive-brown, with bluish longitudinal lines j refemblej the 

 Jast, except that the tail tapers to a point and has no radiate fin : 

 dorsal-Jin 4O-raycd ; pectoral very minute, la-rayed. 



167. S. Ophidian. Body nearly cylindrical, without pec- 

 toral or anal-fin, or radiate tail. 



Sea Adder. Br. Zool. iii. t. 23. n. 62. Shaw v, t. 179. 



Body slender, tapering to a point, dull greenish-grey, with a short 

 turned up fnout. 



45. CENTRISCUS. 



188. C. Scolapax. Red, beneath golden^ rough with 

 pointed scales : first-ray of the first dorsal-fin very 

 long, and serrate on the inside: 



Snipe-fish, Trumpet-fish. Donovan's Brit. Fishes, tab. 63. 



Body 6 or 7 inches long, of a longish-oval shape, more or Itfs red 

 with a golden tinge on the ides and belly, rough with hard pointed 

 clofely imbricate fcales : snout a little recurved, ending in a narrow 

 mouth: eyes large, lateral; iris pale red: nostrils double, near each 

 other: first dorsal-fin 4-rayed ; the first ray thick, long, ferrate on 

 the inside, and placed in a fmall hollow ; the fecond g-rayed ; ventral 

 fmall, concealed in a long hollow, 7 j anal opposite the dorfal, 13; 

 fnzV rounded, i^-rayed. 



