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FATHER-LASHER BULL HEAD. Class IV. 



rays; the pectoral fins are broad and rounded, 

 and are composed of fifteen rays. 



3. Father- 

 lasher. 



Descrip- 

 tion. 



Scorpios. Ovid.Halieut. 1 16. 

 Scorpius marinus, Waelkuke, 



Buloffe, Schorp-fische. 



Schonevelde, 67. tab. 6". 

 Scorpaenae Belonii similis Cor- 



nub. Father-lasher. Wil. 



Ichth. 138. Rail Syn. pise. 



145. Scorpius virginianus. 



Idem 142. Wil. Ichth. App. 



25. 

 Cottus scorpius. C. capite 



spinis pluribus, maxilla su- 



periore paulo longiore. Lin. 



Syst. 452. Gm. Lin. 1210. 

 Rot-simpa, Skrabba, Skialry- 



ta. Faun. Suec. No. 323. 

 Ulke. Crantz. Greenl. i. Q5. 



Gronov. Zooph. No. 268. 

 Sea Scorpion. Edw. 284. 

 Le Scorpion de Mer. Block 



Ichth. ii. 17. tab. 40. 

 Le Cotte Scorpion. De la Ce- 



pede Hist, des Poissons, iii. 



236. 



X HIS fish is not uncommon on the rocky 

 coasts of this island : it lurks under stones, and 

 will take a bait. 



It does not grow to a large size, seldom ex- 

 ceeding (as far as we have seen in the speci- 

 mens that are taken on our shores) eight or nine 

 inches. 



The head is flat, very large, and has a most 

 formidable appearance, being armed with spines, 

 which it can oppose to any enemy that attacks it, 

 by swelling out its cheeks and gill covers to a 

 large size. 



Et capitis duro nociturus Scorpios ictu. 



The hurtful Scorpion wounding with its head. 



