FISHES. THORACIC, 24. Scorpxna. 755 
Arabia ; above a foot long ; hides itfelf under the fand 
for the puvpolc of enticing othe^ filb within its reach ; body 
dtprefl'ed, tapering, above grey with brown points and Ipots, 
beneath white. , 
Tail white with a yellow bifid fpot in the middle, and 2 
cqvial black obliijue linear ones. 
Dorf. '.j: 19: 6? *4' 15 
un- 
Head armed with nuinerous fpincs ; dorfal fins united. 
Inhabits the Mediterraneans refcmbles C. fcorpius. 
Within each eye a cavity ; rays of the dor/al fins fpinous. 
Dorf. II : pect. 17 : vent, i : an. J : cqud. 42 lays. 
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Head unarmed ; dorfal fin fingle. , u t • i 
Inhabits rran^iieiitr.- body narrow, long, oaangular, behind, 
he.xangular, above brown, the fides cmercous with brown 
foots and bars, beneath fpotted with white 
£yes very large, oblong, vertical, pupil black, ins filveiy , 
upper jaw longer, with 2 recurved [pines ; »pe«urc of the 
Mis veiy large, ®the cover of one piece; body broad on the 
fore-parZ mailed with S-fided fcales ; 
fins cinereous, the rays moRly fpUt 5 peBdral\on%, ^^0 d, 
fpotted with brown ; tail round, fpotted with 
tral narrow, the rays fimple ; dor/al and anal fliort. 
Dor/. 5 :• pect. 4 : vent. 2 : an. 5 : eatid. 6 rays. 
24. SCORP^NA. Head large, aeuleate, 
cirrous, obtufe, without fcales, fub* 
coruprefled : eyes near each other . 
teeth in the jaws and palate; gill-mem-^ 
brane 7-rayed : 'body thick, flefliy i 
dorfal Jin fingle, long, the anterior 
rays fpinous. 
tUs. 
Cirri near the eyes and noftrils. amone the 
Inhabits in fboals the Mediterranean ; hides ^ 
fea-weedand preys on fifb or crabs ; f ^ 
and wounds with the fpines of the ^orfal . 
long; body brown, the fidcs fpotted above With black, be- 
neath white ; belly reddifh. Hesd 
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