Class IV. FIFTEEN SPINED S. BACK. ^63 



The back is armed with ten lliort fharp fpines, 

 which do not incline the fame way, but crofs each 

 other. 



The fides are fmooth, not plated like thofe of 

 the preceding : in other particulars it refembles the 

 former. 



The color of the back is olive : the belly filvery. 



Aculeatus, five Pungitius ma- fyn. pi/c, 145. ^3^' 



rinus longus. Stein-bicker, Gafterofteus aculeis in dorfo Fifteen- 



Ers&ruper. Schone-velde, 10. (^xxixido-zun.. Arted.Jynon.^i, opined. 



Tab. IV. Sib. Scot. III. Gafterofteus fpinachia. Li?z, 



24. Tab. 19. JyJ}, 492. Grono'V. ILoopht 



Aculeatus marinus major. Wil. No. 407. Faun. Suec. No. 



Icth. 340. Jpp. 23. Rati 338. 



THIS fpecies inhabits the fea, and is never 

 found in frefh water. 

 - Its length is above fix inches : the nofe is long 

 and (lender : the mouth tubular : teeth fmall. 



The fore part of the body is covered on each 

 fide with a row of bony plates, forming a ridge j, 

 the body afterwards grows very (lender, and h 

 quadrangular. 



Between the head and the dorfal fin are iSfteen 

 fmall fpines : the dorfal fin is placed oppofite the 

 anal fin ; the ventral fins are wanting. 



The tail is even at the end. 

 , The color of the upper part is a deep brown : 

 the belly white. 



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