148 THE 0STRACI017. 



number of tubercles of triangular fhape,aiid In fubftance'is 

 fomethlng of the natvire, partly of ikin, and partly of a 

 IheU. There are fome varieties of this fpecies *. Of the 

 orbs, or globular fifli, Willoughby enumerates nolefs than 

 tliirty different fpecies ; concerning which, however, very 

 little is known, but the name and the external figure : 

 Hia orbs comprehend two or three different genera of the 

 Syftema Naturae, Linnceush.z.ving improved the arrange 

 ment given by precedmg naturalitls, 



• WiU. Ichthyol. p. 1480 



