7S^ 
Scrofa. 
fiorrida. 
Volitans^ 
FISHES. THORACIC. 24. ScorpiEna, 
Head eyes large, vertical, pupil black furrounded * 
golden line; iris red; mouth \zrge •, jazus rvith many'”®,, 
of Imall {harp teeth ; palate rough ; tongue {hort, j 
aperture of the lar^, the cover with a few 
3 cirri ; lateral line flraight, nearer the back ; vent nW 
tail ; fins reddilh fpotted with brown, the rays nio“3 
branched ; dorfal long, half brown, with ta llrong 
fpines; pectoral cinereous, the rays bifid; ventral 
fpots, the firft ray fpinous ; 3 firtl rays of the anal 
rays of the pectoral yellow, Ipotted with black. 
Porfi. I ' ; peEl, 1 8 ; vent, y : an, J: caud, 43 rays. 
Lower lip with 2 cirri. 
Inhabits the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Northern fea® > 3 'j^f 
yards long ; a tno{l voracious filh, preyitig not only on ^.aii 
fifh, but alio on fea-birds ; body whitilh-tawny, fpotted "' 
brown and covered with large fcales ; flelh eaten in 
Head large ; eyes very large, pupil black, iris 
reddifh, with 4 brown rays, above them 3 cirri ; -,1, 
large ; cheeks and lower jaw cirrous ; jams equal, afd ' 
the tongue zxsA palate armed with fharp recurved teeth i 
ture of the gills large, the cover with 2 lapge and ^ ],s 
Imaller fpines; lateral line parrallel to and nearer 
back, rough with cirri ; vent nearer the tail ; back btf" J 
blueilh, the rays varied with yellow and broWn> 
moiUy forked ; ventral flefliy. 
i> ■ 19 : vent, J : an. 6 ; caud, 42 rays. 
Body befet with callous tubercles. 
Inhabits India ; body variegated with brown and whil®> 
void of fmall fcale , and on all fides rough with cirri. J 
Head large, covered with tubercles and prickles, and disb^^j^e 
by cavities ; eyes fmall, pupil black, iris yellow, placed ,y 
a deep hollow ; mouth above, large ; jaws armed vdth ' j,; 
fmall teeth, the lower horfe-lhoe {haped, the uiiper 
tongue broad, loofe, rounded, and with the palate 
infide of the mouth with numerous fmall fharp teeth: 
ture of gills very large; lateral line beginning i.i 
nape, and bent downwards near the anal fin, and endn’i,ti« 
the middle of the tail ; /nr covered with a thick Iktoi 
rays forked. 
Porf.'j: pect. 15 ; vent. 6; 
an. caud, 12 rays. 
Pcaoral fins larger than the body. 
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