CENTRISCUS. CENTRISCUS. 



Generic Character. 



jRosirmn elongatum. 

 Corpus compressum, abdo- 



mine carinato. 

 Pinnae vent rales unitae. 



Snout lengthened. 



Bod^^ compressed, carinated 



beneath. 

 Ventral fins united. 



MAILED CENTRISCUS. 



Centriscus Scutatus, C. loricatus Iceus aureo-ferrugineus. 

 Smooth, mailed Centriscus, of a golden- ferruginous colour. 

 Centriscus scutatus. C. dorso lorkato Icevi. Lin. Si/st, Nat, 

 Centriscus scutatus. Block, t. 123. 



TThE Centriscus scutatus is a fish of a remarkable 

 aspect, having the body so much compressed as to 

 resemble a mere lamina, particularly on the lower 

 part, where it is membranaceous : the whole upper 

 part of the body is formed into a kind of mail, 

 divided into several broad segments, to the number 

 of twelve on each side; and terminates in a pro- 

 jecting point at the end of the back, dilating into a 

 small shallow fin beneath : the head is oblong, and 

 terminates in a lengthened, tubular snout : the pec- 

 toral fins are situated at a considerable distance 

 from the branchial orifices, and the hind part of the 



