FISHES. BR^i.KCHlOSTEGOUS. 65 . LopHas. ^09 
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Inhabits the American ocean ; body reddifti, broad before, 
naiTowcd behind and covered with radiate flrarp, patclliform 
tubercles, beneath rvith I'mall prickles alfo; in its mode of 
catching its prey rclembles L. pifcitorius. 
7:b’« large, iris radiate with white and yellowifli ; noiuh nar- 
row, beneath ; jaziis with a row of fraall, incurved teeth ; 
above the nojlrils a boniy fibre, tiiberculatc at the end; vent 
nearer the tail ; aperture of the pUs fmall, femilunar ; ven- 
tral fins palmate, approximate, and with the dorfal brown ; 
pectoral and caudal yellowidr. 
^orj. 5 : pect. 10 : vent. 6 : an.ot caud. 15 rays. 
Body comprefTed, tumid, yellowifli variegated with irregu- 
' lar blackifh fpots. . 
Inhabits South American fcas; 9— lO inches long; preys on 
other fifli like the Fifliing-frog. 
Head fmall ; eyes round, ins yellow, radiate veith brown ; 
' lower yaw longer; Ups bearded with cirri; behind the up- 
per lip a cartilaginous, elaRic fibre, with 2 oblong, elaltic, 
flelhy^ fubRancfcS at the end; behind this a hi^h, Rout, 
fleRw ray, and between this and dorfal another 
ftronger and thicker, and all befet with fibres; iaci broad 
on the fore-part and carinate behind ; belly thick, prominent , 
ventral and peHoral fins relembling fciV- 
porj. t?, pect. 11, vent. 5, an. 7, caud. loraysi 
Body compreffed, brown, marked all over with numerous 
black ftreaks. 
Inhabits the cbaRs of Neto Holland. 
Nat. Mifcel. pL lys* 
Body CQmpreffed, brown, with yellowifli blotches edged 
with red. - 
Inhabits the Southern ocean. Nat, Mtjctl. pi, 1 70. 
Tendril on the nofe forked at the end. 
Bpdy fubcompreffed, livid, varied with whitifli and ferru- 
ginous ; dorfal fin Angle. j,r .-a 
Inhabits the SoutAern ocean. Nat. Mifcel. p- 7 . 
Tendril on the nofe g-cleft a* the end. 
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