190 TRUMPET FISH. Class IV. 



GENUS XV. TRUMPET FISH. 



Snout prolonged. 



Body compressed, carinated beneath. 



Fins ventral united. 



1. Snipe Centriseus Scolopax. C. cor- Will, ichtk. 160. tab. 25. 



nosed. pore squamoso scabro, cauda f. 2. Rait syn. pise. 50. 



recta extensa. G?n. Lin. La Becasse. Block ichth. iv. 



1461. Gron. Zoopk. 128. 64. tab. 123. /. 1. 



Balistes aculeis 2 loco pinna- Le Centrisque Beccasse. De 



rum ventralium, solitario in- la Ccpede Hist, des Pois- 



fra anum. Arted. synon. 82. sons, ii. 95. 



Klein, pise. mass. iv. 24. Snipe Centriseus. Shaw Gen. 



Trumpet or Bellows Fish. Zool. v. part. ii. 54g. 



TION. 



Descrip- [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 irides 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. Austle's 

 bay in Cornwall, in 1804. Ed. 



