TRUMPET FISH. 
The Trumpet Fish, which is a native of 
the Mediterranean, is about three or four 
inches in length, and scarcely an inch in 
breadth ; the snout, in proportion to the 
body, is very large, and narrow at the extre- 
mity ; the body is covered with rough scales ; 
the eyes are very large for its size. It has 
a bony substance, resembling a fin, on the 
belly, and two others on the anterior part of 
the bod Tis taken in the ocean, when 
roused 
storm. It has received the 
designation of the Trumpet Fish on account 
of the peculiarity of the noise it makes 
when breathing the water from its snout, 
which bears a faint similarity to the sound- 
ing of a trumpet. 
