FISHES. CARTILAGINEI. 45. Centriscus ltt 



Shorter Pipe-fish. Br . ZooL t. 23. Donovan t. 56. S/idw t. 179. 



Refemblesthe last, but is shorter, the belly but slightly carinate, 

 giving it the appearance of berng 6-sided only ; the fnout broad 

 and compressed ; and the dorfal-fin is not fpotted: dorfal'/in 41 j pec- 

 toral »a ; anal minute, 3 ; tail 12-rayed. 



165. S. pelagicus. Yellow-brown, with narrow transverse 

 brown bands : body 1-sided, without anal-tin : tail 

 radiate. 



Pelagic Pipe-fish. Donovan's Brit. Fishes, t. 58. 



Body 5 or 6 inches long, linear : snout narrow : dorfal-fin 23- 

 rayed ; pectoral 14; tail minute 10-rayed. 



166. T. barbarus. Body 6-sided, without anal fin or radi- 

 ate tail. 



Little Pipe-fish. Br. ZooL iii. tab. 23. n. 61. 



Body olive-brown, with bluish longitudinal lines; refemblesthe 

 Jast, except that the tail tapers to a point and has no radiate fin ; 

 dQrsal-fin 4C-rayed ; pectorals try minute, 12-rayed. 



167. S. Ophidion. Body nearly cylindrical, without pec- 

 toral or anal-fin, or radiate tail. 



Sea Adder* Br. Zool. iii. t. 23. n. 6a. Shaw v, t. 179. 



Body slender, tapering to a point, dull greenish-grey, with a short 

 turned up fnout. 



45. CENTRISCUS. 



168. C. Scolopax. Red, beneath golden, rough with 

 pointed scales : first-ray of the first dorsal-fin very 

 long, and serrate on the inside : 



Snipe-fish, Trumpet-fish. Donovan's Brit. Fishes, tab. 63. 



Body 6 or 7 inches long, of a longi3h-oval shape, more orlefs red 

 with a golden tinge on the sides and belly, rough with hard pointed 

 clofely imbricate fcales : snout a little recurved, ending in a narrow 

 mouth : eyes large, lateral ; iris pale red : nostrils double, near each 

 other : first dorsal-fin 4-rayed ; the first ray thick, long, ferrate on 

 the inside, and placed in a fmall hollow ; the fecond 9-rayed ; ventral 

 fmall, concealed in a long hollow, 7 j anal opposite the dorfal, 13,; 

 tail rounded, 15-rayed. 



