FISHES. HRANCHIOSTEGbUS.' 57. Ortracioi> 
57. OS TR A CION. 2 \eth round, 1 
forwards, blunt : aperture of the I 
linear; body mailed by a comp^^ 
bony covering ; ventral fins o. 
y'riqueter. Body triangular, unarmed. 
Inhabits India j back appearing as it covered with 
marks cut tranfveriny. 
Dorf. 10: pell. 12: an. io: caud, 10 nyi, 
Trigotuu. Triangular; fubcaudal fpines2 5 dorfal fin i4-raye‘^' 
Inhabits India. 
Dorf. 14; peEl, 10: an. g : caud. 7 rays. 
Micaudalis Triangular; fubcaudal fpines 2 ; dorfal fin io-raye‘^' 
2. Body covered with fpots and tubercles. 
Inhabits India ; is probably only a variety of O. trig<’”'^'* 
Dorf. lOj peit. 12, 2) 11, an. to, caud. 10 rays, 
Tricornis. Triangular; frontal fpines 2 ; dorfal It 
Inhabits India. 
Quadricor- Triangular ; frontal and fubcaudal fpines 2. 
nis. Inhabits India and Guinea. 
Dorf. 10 : pell, ii; an. 10: caud. 10 rays. 
Turritus. Nearly quadrangular; eyebrows and back with a ^ 
fpine, belly with 4, each fide. y^-' 
Inhabits the Red Sea: 4 inches long ; body tubercu** ’ 
lowish-ash, brown on the naked parts. . 
towish-ash, brown on the naked parts. , . ^oSSr 
Bony coat divided into hexagonal pieces, rough, 
rous elevated dots, the futures pellucid ; shell of 
very broad, flat, oval, tapering on the fore-part, 
behind ; back convex, marginate at the Tides, the ni’O 
bous, comprefled, triangular, with an ereft short ^ 
back ; front perpendicular, rounded, convex, dept® 
tween the eyes ; iris golden. 
Dorf. g ; peel. 10: an, 9 : caud, 19 ravs. ■, 
