BOAR-FISH. 



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ACANTHOPTERYGI1. 



SCOMBERIDJE. 



THE BOAR-FISH. 



Capros Aper. LACEPEUE. 



,, ,, CUVIER, Regne An. 1829, t. ii. p. 211. 



Aper Rondeletii, WII.I.UGHBY, p. 296, p. T. iv. fig. 4. 



Zeus Aper, LINN.SUS. 



Perca pusilla, BRUNNICH, p. 62, sp. 79. 



Capros Aper, Risso, t. iii. p. 380. sp. 296. 



Proceedings Zool. Soc. 1833, p. 114. 



Generic Characters Body oval, compressed ; two dorsal fins ; no spines 



at the base of the dorsal or ana) fins ; scales on the body small, adherent, 

 ciliated ; mouth capable of protrusion ; teeth small, numerous ; branchiostegous 

 rays 6. 



A SPECIMEN of the Capros Aper of authors having been 

 taken in Mount's Bay, in October 1825, and a notice of the 

 occurrence forwarded to the Zoological Society, with a draw- 

 ing and description, by Dr. Henry Boas, a figure and a 

 short account of the species necessarily belong to a History 

 of British Fishes. Its right to rank among them is con- 



