FATHER-LASHER BULL HEAD. Class IV. 



rays ; the pectoral fins are broad and rounded, 

 and are composed of fifteen rays. 



3. Father- Scorpios. Ovid.Hulieut. 116. periore paulo longiore. Lin. 



lasher. Scorpius marinus, Waelkuke, Syst. 452. Gm. Lin. 1210. 



Buloffe, Schorp-fische. Rot-simpa, Skrabba, Skialry- 



Schonevelde, 67. tab. 6. ta. Faun. Suec. No. 323. 



Scorpsenae Belonii similis Cor- Ulke. Crantz. Greenl. i. Q5. 

 mil. Father-lasher. Wil. Gronov. Zooph. No. 268. 



Jchth. 138. Raii Syn. pise. Sea Scorpion. Edw. 284. 



145. Scorpius virginianus. Le Scorpion de Mer. Block 

 Idem 142. Wil.Ichth. App. Ichth. ii. 17. tab. 40. 



25. Le Cotte Scorpion. De la Ce- 

 Cottus scorpius. C. capite pede Hist, des Poissons, Hi. 



spinis pluribus, maxilla su- 236.. 



XHIS fish is not uncommon on the rocky 

 coasts of this island : it lurks under stones, and 

 will take a bait. 

 Descrip- 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. 



TION. 



