CHORXPHAENA* 
Genus XXVIII — Choryph&na. 
This genus comprehends twelve fpecles that are all exo' 
tics : their characters are a large bony head, flat, and 
floping towards the fnout, which appears ftiort and » u ' 
tjlated, as if cut through. The jaws are obtufe, of 3,1 
equal length, and furnifiied with teeth ; the palate is ali° 
frequently exafperated with fmall fpine-like teeth. Th e 
back is convex and carinated, and the whole body of * 
ppiform lhape. 
7he Pompilus *. 
This fifli is faid by Pliny , to accompany vefiels for 
veral hours when failing on their voyage, and will n0t 
leave them even though threatened with deftruCtion >y 
the failors f. It is an inhabitant of the open fea, and 13 
eafily diftinguifhed by a broad curved line, proceedh’S 
from the gills to the tail. Above this line the body 13 
variegated with a number of fpots ; below it, towards tb c 
belly, the fides are marked with tranfverfe doted lines i 
Above the eves is a large fpot of a gold colour. ^ ^ 
fin s 
* Pompilus Rond. Idem. Plinii. 
i Vide Rond, apud Will. p. 214. 
f Hiftona A!p ma ^' 
