THE URANOSCOPUS. 
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Genus XXII. The Uranofcopus *. 
this genus there is but one fpecies, a fifh about nine 
^ iC 'hes in length, with a large, flat, and circular head. 
*he lower jaw proje&s beyond the upper, and is turned 
P Wards at the end; the eyes are fmall, prominent, and 
inoft contiguous. 1 he face is flat, and has the appear- 
of conftantly flaring upwards. Both the jaws are 
with fliarp teeth, as is alfo the palate and whole 
K ‘ e t ‘ ie m °uth. The whole face, but particularly 
the 
covers of the gills, are rough and unequal with tu- 
a ^ cles » the bafes of which are furrounded with fpines ; 
^ at the extremity of each of the opercula, where the 
unites with the body, there are two pointing back- 
}i ’ ar ds, remarkably lharp and large. The uranofcopus 
p? 3 two dorfal fins ; that neareft the head is fmall, of a 
f lc k colour, and fupported by three fliarp rays : The 
« higher and broader, and contains fourteen rays : 
Veatr al fins in this fpecies are placed far before the 
1 p ic ° r ' v *’ and feem direftly under the eyes : It is fre- 
(i ( , . cau ght in the Mediterranean , and is faid to be a 
lc 'ous morfel +. 
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ai - inus, Artedi Uranofcopus. Aldrov. 
F Gefn f r dp pifeib. 
