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SHE SC0RFION. 
Genus XXXII.— Ibt Scorpion *. 
The animals of this tribe are found in our feas ; but 
owing to the paucity of their numbers, they have no ap- 
propriated name in the Engli/b language The l'pecie 3 
enumerated by Liniueus are three. The leller fcorpiou 
refembles a perch in its external figure ; it is thick 
proportion to its length, and loaded with an enormous 
head, rendered frightful by the ftrong fpines with which 
it is befet- 
The colour is a darkifh dirty yellow, interfperfed with 
brown fpots. The Ik in is covered with extremely m 1 " 
uute feales, refembling thofe of ferpents. Above each 
eye is a fmall fin-like creft, as was obferved in the bleu- 
ny ; and at the apertures of the noftrils there is a fecofld 
pair. Along the back there is one large fin, which, frofl* 
its lownefs in the middle, has the appearance of two* 
The rays upon the firft lobe are lharp and prickly, tho® 8 
Upon the fecond are cartilaginous. The pectoral fins alf 
broad, rounded, and prickly ; each ray proje&uig 
beyond the membrahes, and prefenting a large fp lfie ' 
The ventral fins, which are exadtly oppofite to then 5 ' 
have alfo a fpine terminating the firft ray f. 
The large fcorpion is about five times the fiz.e of ^ ,e 
above ; the colour of a deep red, interfperfed with da 1 ^ 
foots ; it is bearded below the under jaw, and has tb e 
* opercul 3 
a 
* Scorpssna. Lin, Syft. Scorpana Salviatii. ■} Willotigh. p* 33 *' 
