96 Qf Fifhes. Part I. 
of which, on each fide, is fatten d obliquely inwards, half an 
inch broad,and above an inch long.The third,and the great- 
eft,ftands betwixt them in the middle of the Palate. Each of 
thefe having deep Incifions, feem, as it were, eight or ten 
Teeth. In the under Jaw, are two Punchers or Claviculars, 
each o£ them having two (harp Proceffes within fide. Be- 
hind, there feems to be only one Grinder on each fide, half 
an inch broad, and above two inches long, arched inward, 
and with fixteen or eighteen Incifions looking like fo many 
Teeth. 
Her Gills open almoft from the top of her Head to her 
Throat. The Fins are four. The Gill-Fins about five inches 
long, and as broad, placed fo low, as to meet in the Breaft, 
and fo to fupply the Breaft-Fins. The Back-Fin is extended 
from Head to Tail 5 before, an inch high $ behind, above 
two. The Belly-Fin reaches from the Anus (which opens 
a foot behind the Head) to the Tail, about an inch deep. 
The Body, where higheft, above ? a foot, the Back a little 
convex, grows flender all the way to the Tail, the extre- 
mity whereof is here wanting. She is cover'd with a tough 
Skin, now of an Iron-colour, befprinkled all over with 
round fpots. 
That which is moft remarkable in this Fifh,are his Teeth : 
which are fo made, as to be fit either for Ravine, or for 
the eating of Grafs and other Herbs on the Rocks, and un- 
der Water. They feem alfo to be made for the Cracking 
of Shell-Filh. As likewife for Rumination : which may as 
well be afcrib'd to this Fifh, as to the Scarus. 
This Fifh is one, amongft divers other inftances of Ariftc- 
ties error, where he faith, bi j\\ l%Qv& mA* j^p^poiwisj, 
(a) DePart. T £ ' t ^ s T £ ^WfwW XyJtfM- (a) 
..mm. . 3. Q f this Fifhes Grinders are commonly fold for 
Toadfto?ies. As Dr. Chr/ftopher Merret hath alfo obferved 
in his Pinax. 
The SCATE , or Angel-Fifh. Squatina, five Angelus 
Marinm. The figure in Jolmfton is tollerable. But the De- 
fer ipti on very Ihort and imperfeel:. That of Rondeletiut is 
better, yet not full. And either the Fifh he defcribes is a 
different Species, or his Defcnption of the Teeth is not 
true. 
This is above an Ell long. His Head about * of a yard 
long ? 
