Part I. Of Fifhes 101 
above, another juft under it, the third at the end much 
bigger. The Skin of his Belly and Tail underneath, whi- 
tifti, thin, and rough. Of his Backfide, Fins, and Tail above, 
black, thick and fet with fhort fpikes arifing from a round 
Bafe radiated like a Star. He feems, by his ftiape , to be 
near of kin to the Thornback.-, and therefore to be lefs appo- 
fitely Nam'd. 
A letter Brafilian Frogfifa of the fame kind. 
The TRUMPET-FISH. So called from the figure of 
his Bill, which is an entire Pipe, fhaped almoft like that of 
the Snipe-Fifh. Acus Ariftotelu. Well defcnbed by Ron- 
deletius $ faving, that he defcribes the Body to be Sex- 
angular all along. Whereas from the Head to the Anus 
it is Septangular. The Scales are alfo engraven with fmall 
lines almoft of an Elliptick figure. S a hi anus errs in faying 
he is not fcaly. Another alfo of the fame Species. 
The Female, faith Rondeletius, hath a Canale extended 
from her Anh$, in which the Eggs are hatched into young 
Ones. Of the ufe of the Bill, fee the Snip-Fijh. 
The leffer TRUMPET-FISH , or Viviparous Needle- 
Fifh. 
The HORSE-FISH. Hippocampus. A fmall Fifh. So 
called, becaufe his Head is fhaped like a Horfes, and his 
Tail divided by feveral Inciiurcs, fomewhat like thofe of 
Caterpillars, called Given by Mr. Scotto a London 
Merchant. It hath the fame number of Fins, and in the 
fame place, the fame kind of Bill, the fore-Body Septan- 
gular and the Tail fquare, as the Trumpet- Fijh. And is, 
therefore probably, alfo Viviparous : and fo I have ventur d 
to place it here. 
Another HIPPOCAMPUS taken in the Mediter- 
ranean. 
A STURGEON. Acipenfer. Sturm, becaufe one of the 
greateft of edible Fifhes $ for Stur, in the Damfb^Tongm, 
fignifies Great, (a) See Wormius his Defcription. Efpecially M Wor» 
that of Salvianus , with his curious figure. The like in mius ' 
Bejler. The parts by which he is beft diftinguifhed, are 
his very long and fharp Snout, his little Mouth, to be feen 
only when he lies on his back, and his thick and bony 
Scales 5 which ftand in Rows fo, as to make the Fifh al- 
moft Pentangular. The figure of moft of the fide Scales 
is 
