n8 Of Fifhes. Part I. j 
and a third in the middle. The Forehead almoft flat. His 
upper Chap Elliptick. The Orbits of his Eyes round, * of 
an inch over, an inch behind his Nofe-end, ' diftant. A 
little before the Eyes, two large holes like Noftrils. His 
Mouth a little prominent, near ? an inch over. His Lips 
in the place of Teeth, only rough. His lower Jaw and 
Belly flat. His Body before, an inch and ' broad, an inch 
and i high, his Back round, the Sides ending in two Angles* 
His Tail taper d, and with the Sides a little flat. 
One half of the Gills opens on the fides,the other under- 
neath in the Bread. The Fins are eight. The Gill-Fins of 
an unufual ftrudture, having their utmoft Spine or Bone 
very rough, thick and ftrong, above an inch and * long, 
flat and crooked, almoft like a Reaping- Hook., feven or eight 
times as big as any of the reft of the Fin-Bones. The Belly- 
Fins much lefs, and above an inch behind. Juft over thefe 
the Back-Fin. On the Tail one above, underneath, and 
at the end : But the two firft are here broken off. 
His Head is cover d with a brown and rough bony Hel- 
met. His Back, Sides and Tail with Scales of the fame 
colour, but a little lighter, rough, engraven with fmall 
parallel Lines, and of a Rhomboidal figure. His Breaft 
and Belly only with a thin limber Skin. 
The BRASILIAN NEEDLE-FISH ; by the People of 
Brafile called TIMUCU. Acus Brafilienfis. Marggravius 
hath defcnbed and hgur'd it well. Tis a long {lender fi(h, 
from whence its Name. It hath alfo a pair of Chaps like 
a long Bill. He only omits the two fcaly Lines which run 
along the Belly and Tail of the Fiih, which every where elfe 
hath a naked Skin. 
The CHAPS (perhaps) of the GREENLAND NEEDLE- 
FISH. The Teeth which ftand in fingle Rows on the 
Edges of the Chaps are thick and ftrong, yet very (harp. 
In the lower Chap, near the two edges, are two furrows, 
into which the Teeth of the upper Chap ftrike. The two 
Bones which compofe the Chap, are joyned together by an 
indented Suture, moft curious to look upon. The filh 
feems next a kin to the common great Needle-Fifb, or the 
Girroc^, which is defcribed by Roncfeletius, Aldrovandus, 
(a) Hift. anc ^ otncrs ' an d piclrur d by Jobnfton, Tab. 1 5. 
Anim.ub.2. It is an Obfervation of Arifiotks, (a) That moft filhes 
c - 17 ' having 
