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TRUMPET FISH. 



Class IV. 



GENUS XV. TRUMPET FISH. 



Snout prolonged. 



Body compressed, carinated beneath. 



Fins ventral united. 



1. Snipe 



NOSED. 



Descrip- 

 tion. 



Centriseus Scolopax. C. cor- 

 pore squamoso scabro, cauda 

 recta extensa. Gm. Lin. 

 I46l. Gron. Zooph. 128. 



Balistes aculeis 2 loco pinna- 

 rum ventralium, solitario in- 

 fra anum. Arted. synon. 82. 



Klein, pise. mass. iv. 24. 



Trumpet or Bellows Fish. 



Will, ichth. 160. tab. 25. 



f. 2. Raii syn. pise. 50. 

 La Becasse. Block ichth. iv. 



64. tab. 123. /. 1. 

 Le Centrisque Beccasse. De 



la Ccpede Hist, des Pois- 



sons, ii. Q5. 

 Snipe Centriseus. Shaw Gen. 



Zool. v. part. ii. 54y. 



[THE body of this fish is short and deep, com- 

 pressed on the sides, and covered with rough 

 hard scales, of a pale red color. The head, which 

 is rather wide, terminates in a long cylindrical 

 snout, at the extremity of which, is situated a 

 small mouth. The eyes are large, the pupil 

 black, the hides pale red. The fins are of a 

 grey color ; the first dorsal fin consists of four 

 strong rays, of which the first is the largest, and 

 is remarkably indented on two sides ; the ventral 

 fins are occasionally concealed in a bony sulcus 

 which is lodged behind them. One of these 

 extremely rare fish was taken in St. Austles 

 bay in Cormvall y in 1804. Ed. 



