FISHES. BRANCHIOSTEGOUS. 6o. Syngnatlius, 89- 
InViabits the Ocean. 
Dorf. 30, pect, o, an. o, caud, 5 vays. 
^P^idion. Caudal, anal and peflioral fins o ; body round. Litlk P. 
Inhabits the northern European ocean : 1-2 feet long ; body 
greeniflr, fmooth with a few protuberances, and marked witti 
4 interrupted blue lines and rings. ^ 
Iris reddllh ; fnout Ihort vent nearer the head. 
DorJ. 34 : pttt. o : an.o: caud. o rays. 
*^‘^^^arus Caudal and anal fins o ; body 6-fided. Longer P. 
Inhabits European k-s,-. about 2 feet long ; body oliv-e-brown 
with numerous blueilh lines pointing from the back to the 
belly; tail quadrangular, 
DorJ.\oi pea.iz: an.o: caud. o nys. 
^jPpocam. Caudal fin o ; body 7-fided, tuberculate ; tail fquare. 
Inhabits the fhores of the Mediterranean, Indian Northern 
feas; 8-12 inches long ; bends the body in different curva- 
tures like the eel; brown, above marked with black and white 
circular incifions, behind fpotted, comprefled each fide, tsuh 
bearded fibrous tubercles; when the head is bent down is has 
Ibme refemblance to that of a borle ; it has 3 fpines each fide, 
2 m the anterior part of the tail, and .on the noaenor. 
Head large ; above the eyes are 4 bony, fibrous tubercles, and 1 
above the nofe; iris filvery ; trank with 7 rows of tubercles, 
Jnd , o nlates • ridee of the belly denticulate ; tad with 35— 
. fins thfn, leddlfli ; dorfial vEih a black border 
edged with white ; anal fin by its pofition refembling a ventral 
one, being placed before the vent, 
Dorfi. 20, pKt. 20, an. 4 «ys. 
61. PEG.\SUS. 
