890 Wishes. fiRANCHIOSTEGOUS. 58. Tetro^H' 
Lagoa- Beliy inflated prickly ; body fmooth ; flioulders F 
phaUs. minent. 
Dorf. 10, pect. 18, an, 8, caud. lo rays. 
Linedius, 
EkUricusi 
Body with longitudinal brown and pale ftripes. 
Inhabits the Nile, and grows to a vaft fize; if handiCo ^ 
juft taken out of the water, its prickles fting the 
produce fmall puftules like the nettle ; body fquare, ^ 
leaks, but ])rickly on the back, punftured beneat jjj, 
fmoOth op the fides ; above blueifti-greep, beneath r^ ^ 
j'ellow, the ftdes blueiflt-brown, with 4 ftripes each 
2 upper ones curved, the third divided like the letter » 
the loweft white. . gfoi« 
Front ftraitened, fmOoth, with 2 contiguous tubercles ^ 
the eyes, terminating in 2 fhort cirri ; iris golden 1 
thick, lax, papillous within ; fore-teeth broad, 3 i'* 
, jaw, the lower ones notched ; tail entire. 
Dorf, 11; peel, 18: an. 9; caud. 11 rays. 
it!' 
1 1 hetJf* 
Spotted with red, green and white ; above brown, n 
fea-green, the fides yellow ; fins green. 
Inhabits St. John’s Jfand, in holes of coral rocks ; 7 
long ; gives a fort of eleftric fhock when handled. 
Eyes large, iris red, tinged with yellow at the outer edgs 
Ocellatus, Before the dorfal fin a black ocellate band. 
Inhabits frefh wateis of China and Japan and the ndg * jtt 
ing feas ; body thick, fpherical, above dufky-green, 
white, prickly on the breaft and belly ; is lo excc® 
poifohous, if eaten, as to deftroy life in a few hours. ^ 
Head fmall, above broad, a little compreffed at the fide® 
fmall, iris golden ijatos equal ; lips moveable ; ; 0^' 
roundilh ; aperture of the gills femilunar ; lateral k 
• ginating before the eyes, bent round them, and aftenV^jy^jl 
rallel with the back ; back round, finooth, with a 
black band, edged with yellow, and a fimilar fpot 
the fin ; vent near the tail ; fns (hort, yellowilh, wi 
ed rays ; tail fmooth, rounded. 
Dorf. 14: pebl. 18 : an. is : caud. 7 rays, 
Spengleri. Head bearded with numerous cirri. 
Ilonckeniit Lower jaw longer. ' 
