116 FISHES. CARTILAG1NE1. 42. 43. 44. 



broad, 1 1 -rayed ; ventral 4; anal opposite the dorsal, 5 ; tail narrow, 

 slightly rounded, 12-rayed. . 



159. C. octllatus. Livid-brown with obscure spots, tape- 

 ring behind : snout projecting : before each eye a 

 pair of beards : nape with 2 large ocellar spots.. 



Ocellated Sucker, Jura S. Br. Zool. iii. t. 22. Donov. t. 76. 



Body about 4 inches long, fomctimes paler with the spots- 

 more distinct : head broad, tapering to the fnout which is obtufe 

 and red : iris blue, with 1 deep red cirri under each eye : nape with 

 2 large obovate purplish fpots, each* inclofed. within a broad pale 

 • ring, and having a blue pupil in the centre: dorfal and anal-Jins 

 reaching clofe to the tail, red, the former 11-rayed, the lattei 10 j 

 pectoral pale, 17 ; tail red, a little rounded, 6-rayed. 



42. CEPHALUS. Sun-fish. 



160. C. brevis. Brown, beneath silvery: body nearly as 

 deep as it is long : aperture of the gills ovate. 



Short Sun-fish. .Br. Zool. t. 12. Donovan.t. 25. Shaw v. t. 175. 



Body growing to a large size, nearly orbicular,, rough with small 

 tubercles, edged behind with a shallow fin : mouth fmall, projecting, 

 filled with fmall obtufe unequal teeth in the lower-jaw : eyes black : 

 iris yellow : aperture of the gills oval, with the rounded pectoral- 

 finsjust behind -.dorfal and- anal-Jins opposite and joined to the tail : 

 dorfal-fin, 13-rayed; anal 16; pectoral 12;. tail furrounding the 

 hind-part of the body ,. 14-rayed. 



161. C. oblongus. Dusky, beneath silvery : body nearly 

 thrice as long as it is deep : aperture of the gills 

 semilunar. 



Oblong Sun-fish. Br. Zool. iii. f. 19.. Donovan, t. 61.. 



Body refembling the former,, but is of a more lengthened shape , 

 refembling a fish cut off, in the middle, and between the eyes and 

 pectoral-fins are a few dusky streaks pointing downwards : the aper- 

 ture of the gills is alfo. lunate, and, not oval : dorfal-fin 12-rayed; 

 pectoral 14 ; anal 15 ; tail 17 -rayed. 



43. TETRODON. 



162. T. stellatus. Above blue, beneath silvery : prickles 

 of the belly arising from a stellated root of 4 rays. 



Stellated Tetrodon. Br. Zoo\. t. 20. Donovan t.6$. Shaw t. 177. 



Body about 12 inches long, taper, capable of dilating the belly to 

 a great size : prickles of the belly orange, sharp, covering the whole 

 space of the belly as far as the anal-fin : dorsal Jin opposite the anal, 

 ji-rayed ; pectoral 14 ; anal 10; tail even, with a slight projection 

 in the middle, with 6 branched- rays.. 



44. SYNGNATHUS. Pipe-fish. 



163. S. Acus. Body 7-sided^ yellowish- white with trans- 

 verse brown bands : tail radiate, snout narrower than 

 the head. 



Needle-fish. Br. Zool. t. 23, Shaw v. t. 179.. 



Body 12 to 15 inches long, very slender, quadrangular at the tail, 

 Covered with finely striate plates : fnout a. little compressed, notfo 

 broad as the head: ndpe carinate, the aperture of the gills on the 

 right side ; belly strongly carinate, making the body distinctly 

 7-sided : vent nearer the head : dorsal-fin fpotted, 38-rayed : pectoral 

 14; anal 6; tail rounded, 10-r.ayed. 



164. S. Typhle. Body 6-sided: tail radiate : snout as.wide 

 as the head. 



