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ROlJGH-FlNNED BAND-FISH. 



Cepola Trachyptera. C capite declivi, maxilla utraque form* 

 cata, pinnis aculeatis serratis scabris. Lin, Syst, Nat. GmeL 

 p. 1187. 



Band-fish with sloping head, arched jaws, and prickly, serrated, 

 rough fins. 



Native of the Mediterranean : observed in the 

 Adriatic Gulf : described as having a strait lateral 

 line, with a single row of scales, and the first rays 

 of the fins strong, sharp, and rough. 



ftERMANNIAN BAND-FISH. 



Cepola Hermannian^. C. capite angulato, oculis minimis, ore 



cirroso, cauda subulata. 

 Band-Fish with angular head, extremely small eyes, bearded 



mouth, and subulate tail. 

 Le Tsenioide Hermannien. Cepede, 2. p. 533, pi. 14. 



Described by Cepede, who ranks it in a distinct 

 genus, under the title of Tcenioides. He observes 

 that though of the same general form, thinness, &c. 

 yet it differs in many points from the true Cepolge. 

 The eyes are so small as to be with great difficulty 

 discovered, and consist of two small black points : 

 there is no caudal fin, the tail terminating in the 

 same manner as in the Trichiures, viz. in a fine 

 point : the dorsal fin, which is very shallpw, with 

 soft rays, commences at no great distance from 

 the head, and is continued to the extremity of the 



