Class IV. RED BAND FISH. 285 



Sect. III. 



THORACIC FISHES. 



GENUS XXVIII. BAND FISH. 



Head short : teeth curved, sharp. 

 Body very long and compressed. 

 Abdomen extremely short. 



Cepola rubescens. C. pinna Brunn. pise. mass. 28. 1« Red. 



caudae attenuata maxillis a- Montagu in Lin. Tr. vii. 2QI. 



cutis. Gm. Lin. II87. Mus. tab. 17. 



Ad. Fr. ii. 63. Le Cepole serpentiforme. De 

 Taenia serpens rubescens dicta. la Cepede Hist, des Poissons, 



Arted. Synon. 115. ii. 529- 



[THIS fish has been added to the list of Bri- 

 tish species by Mr. Montagu, and thus de- 

 scribed by that excellent naturalist from a spe- 

 cimen taken in Salcomb bay on the coast of 

 Devonshire, in February 1803. 



" Long, slender, smooth, semi-pellucid, Descrip- 

 somewhat compressed sideways, tapering from 

 the head gradually to the tail ; head not larger 



