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FISHES. THORACIC. 24- Scorpoena, 
Inhabits the freih waters of Amboina and Japan; lefs than 
the river perch ; has the power of laifing itielf out of the 
water and fufpending itfelf in the air a Ihort time^ by means 
of its long peftoral fins, when purfued by larger 5 body 
varied with brown bands aud intermediate orange and write 
lines, and covered with fmall imbricate fcales ; ilefti deli- 
cious. 
Ikad floping, broader on the fore-part, and covered with cirri 
and prickles; pupil black, iris white, with blue and black 
rays ; mouth large ; jaws equal, with numerous fmall (harp 
teeth; tongue loofe, thin, pointed; aperture of the gills 
large, the covers fcaly; lateral Zine formed of many elevated 
lines’and white points, beginning at the eye ; Jins generally 
with numerous forked rays ; pcHoral fimple, the conneaing 
membrane violet, fpotted with white ; 1 2 firft rays of the 
dorfal Ipinous, varied with brown and yellow, the other 
rays black, fpotted with yellow; ventral violet, fpotted 
with white. 
Dorf. pect. 14 : vent, 6 : an, 2. : caud. 12 rays. 
”'^^3 With an ocular band, 
Inhabits rivers of Amboina ; flefh very good. 
Very much refembles the laft, but the head is lefs floping, and 
varied with numerous breaks and bands ; eyes larger, the 
cirri over them round ; bones of the upper hp as long 
again ; chin white; beneath the eye a double row of prickles ; 
noftrils double, near the eyes ; pectoral fins lefs and paler ; 
bands on the body broader, and iht fcales larger. 
Dorf.f^i pcS, 17: vent. 6: an, caud, 12 rays. 
Two diftina appendages near the peaoral fins. 
Inhabits the Indian ocean; about a foot long; body lurid, 
brown, with a few yellow blotches above and yellow Ipots 
beneath, without icales. 
Head depreflfed; fnout truncate, with 2 «vities between it amd 
the eyes ; vertical ; mouth tranfverfe ; . 
the ventral fins ; Jns with numerous rays term g 
