CHINESE FISTULARIA. 07 



This species is said to live chiefly on the smaller 

 fishes, sea-insects, and worms, which the structure 

 of its snout enables it readily to obtain, by intro- 

 ducing that part into the cavities of rocks, under 

 stones, &c. where those animals are usually found. 



CHINESE FISTULARIA. 



Fistularia Chinensis. F. squamosa rufescenSf nigro maculata^ 



Cauda rotundata mutica. 

 Scaly rufescent Fistularia^ witli black spots and simple rounded 



tail. 



Fistularia Chinensis. F. cauda rotundata mutica, Lin, Si/st, 

 Nat. p. 515. 



Fistularia Chinensis. F. edentata, cauda rotundata. Block, t, 

 388. 



The Chinese Trumpet-Fish. 



Length from three to four feet : general shape 

 like that of an eel, but the body thicker in propor- 

 tion than in the preceding species : head lengthen- 

 ed into a strong cartilaginous, or rather bony and 

 laterally-compressed, tubular snout, much broader 

 than in the former species : mouth small : eyes 

 rather large: scales of moderate size, strong, and 

 much resembling in their structure those of the 

 genera of Perca and Chcetodon : from the middle of 

 the back to the dorsal fin run several strong, short, 

 and rather distant spines: dorsal and anal fin of 

 similar shape, and placed opposite each other, pretty 

 ne^r the tail, which is short, rounded, ?tnd marked 

 by a pair of black stripes: pectoral fms rounded : 



V. V. p. I. 7 



