356 



FIFTEEN SPINED S. BACK. Class IV. 



SPIKED. 



3. Fifteen Acnleatus, sive Pungitius ma- 

 rinus longus, Stein-bicker, 

 Ersskruper. Schonevelde, 10. 

 tab. iv. Sib. Scot. iii. 24. 

 tab. 19. 

 Aculeatusmarinus major. Wil. 

 Jchth. 340. App. 23. Baii 

 syn. pise. 145. 



Gasterosteus aculeis in dorso 

 quindecim. Arted. synon. 8 1 . 



Gasterosteus Spinachia. Lin. 

 Syst. 4Q2. Gm. Lin. 1327- 

 Gronov. Zooph. No. 407. 

 Faun. Suec. No. 338. 



La grande Epinoche. Block 

 ichth. ii. 78. tab. 53./. 1. 



Descrip- 

 tion. 



-LHIS species inhabits the sea, and is never 

 found in fresh water. 



Its length is above six inches ; the nose is 

 long and slender ; the mouth tubular ; the teeth 

 small. The fore part of the body is covered on 

 each side with a row of bony plates, forming a 

 ridge ; the body afterwards grows very slender, 

 and is quadrangular. Between the head and 

 the dorsal fin are fifteen small spines ; the dor- 

 sal fin is placed opposite the anal fin ; the ven- 

 tral fins are wanting; the tail is even at the 

 end. The color of the upper part is a deep 

 brown ; the belly white. 



