FISHES. THORACIC. 19- Cepol*. ' 939 
ORDER III. THORACIC. 
Gills hony : ventral Jins placed dircBly undet 
the thorax. 
10 CEPOLA. roundifh, compreffed : 
teeth curved, in a fingle row ; gill- 
membrane with 6 rays : body enfiform, 
naked ; the belly hardly as long as the 
head. 
Caudal fin tapering, wedged i head very obtufe. 
Inhabits the marly Ihorts of the Medu.rrancan: grow, to 
4—5 feet long ; feeds on crabs and tcftacMUS 
L^teeachldc, hlvery; back hoary, fpeckledv^ith red; 
very thin and nearly pellucid; flefh hardly eatable, 
Head broadifti at the top; vwut/t. ; upper jaai with a 
fingle, lower with a double row of fharp diaant teeth , tongue 
thin, broad, rough; large, vertical, pupil black, ms 
blueifh-filvery ; aperture of the gi/is large, the cover of one 
piece with 5 pores^ before it, and many near the eyes ; late. 
L line ftraight ; /ns red ; long dor/al ^nd anal wi h forked 
rays, the others branched ; peEloraUnd ventral fmall, 
, Dor/. 60 : peE}. 18 : vent. 6 : an. 58 = 9 
Caudal fin tapering; jaws Ihw pointed. 
Inhabits the Mediterraneaw, pale fleflr.coloui. . 
Head naked ; teeth lliarp ; iris filvery ; dorjal fin begmnmg at 
the nape ; vent jufi behind the ventral fins. 
DoJ. 68 : pKt. 17 : ^ 5 ^ : 12 rays. 
Head Hoping; both jaws whed; fins prickly, ferrate, 
Inhabif^thc Adriatic : lateral line ftraight, with a fingle row of 
fcales. 
5BS 
20. ECHINEIS- 
