FISHES. TttORACICI. 16. 17. 95 



teeth in the jaws and palate : (ongue\oo$e, fmodth : gill-cover of one 

 piece : lateral-line in the middle : vent about the middle of the body; 

 fins variegated with brown: dorsal-fins 8, 17-rayed ; pectoral 1 1 ; 

 ventral 4 ; anal 12 ; tail founded, 12-rayed. 



42. C. Scorpius, Brown, variegated with white : head 

 armed with several spines : upper-jaw rather longer. 



father' Lasher, Br. Zool. iii. t. 40. Donovan ft 35. 



Body g or to inches long, taper, covered with- minute tubercles: 

 A'<?a<f with numerous large sharp fpines, and 2 oblong foft ones be- 

 fore the eyes : eyes large, vertical, iris pale yellow,* pupil black : 

 mouth and palate armed with teeth : gill-cover of 2 pieces \ Jins with 

 a reddish, tinge, barred with deep brown; lateral-line ' straight, 

 nearer the' back : vent in the middle of the body : 'dorsal-fins 8, 

 14-rayed ; pectoral scalloped, 9 ; ventral. 3 ; anal 11 ; tail even, 

 1.4-rayed. 



43. C. cataphractus. Brown, beneath whitish : body 



1 mailed : snout with 2 Cloven tubercles : -lower-jaw 

 and throat bearded. , 



Armed Bullhead, Pogge.' i?r. Zool. t. 39. Donovan t. 16. 



Body about 3 inches long, covered with' strong bony crusts, di«. 

 vided into pieces, the ends of which project into a sharp point 

 forming prickly lines down the back and sides : -back with 3 or 4 

 dusky fpots : head large, bony, rugged : lateral-line straight, in the 

 middle j vent nearer the head : dorfal-fins 5, 7-rayed; pectoral 18 j 

 ventral 3 ; anal 6 ; tail rounded, 10-rayed. 



16. ZEUS. Doree. 



44. Z. Faber. Tail rounded : sides marked with an oval 

 dusky spot in the middle : dorsal and anaRins 2. 



Jbhn Doree. 'Br. Zool. iii. t, 41. Donovan t. 8. Shaw #.41. 



Body fometimes a foot or more long, dusky green, with a gildei 

 tinge, and blue and white variations : head deformed* ; with a large 

 projectile fnout, and a deep cavity before the eyes' gill-covers of 



2 pieces: chin and shoulders with 2 fpines : back and belly ferrate 

 with fpines : lateral-line curved : first dorsal-fin with fpinous rays 

 which end in long filaments: dorfal-fins 10, 24-rayed ; pectoral 

 rounded, 14 ; ventral 7 ; anal 4, 22 ; tail rounded, grayed. 



45. Z. Luna. Tail lunate : body red, green, or pur- 

 ple, with oval white -spots : dorsal and anal-fins 

 solitary. 



Opah, King-fish. Br. Zool. t. 42, Sow. t. 22, Ddnov. t. 97, 



Body about 3 feet long, very deep from the back to the chest, and 

 fuddenly tapering to the tail : head short, rounded : back and sides 

 silvery* green blue or gold, with silver or gold fpots, without fcales: 

 tongue thick, rough with prickles pointing backwards : fins fcarlet, 

 the dorsal and anal ones falcate, pectoral and vtntral pointed : tail 

 crefcent-shaped. 



17. PLfeURONECTES. Flatfish. 

 -A. Eyes both oh the right side of the head. 



46. PI. Hippoglossus. Body perfectly sihoothy elongated, 

 brown abCve, white beneath : taillunate. 



Holibut. Donovan's Fishes t. 75. Block t. 47. 



Body fometimes growing to 3 or 400 pounds weight, of a more 

 lengthened form than most of the flat-fish '-.eyes large, very rarely 

 placed on the left side of the head, iris white, pupil black : teeth 

 long, curved, sharp, distant : lateral-line arched over the pectoral- 

 fins : before the anal-fin a long fpine : tail covered with fcales at 



