Part I. 
IOI 
Of Fifes 
above, another juft under it, the third at the end much 
bigger. The Skin of his Belly and Tail underneath, whi- 
tifh, thin, and rough. Of his Backfide, Fins, and Tail above, 
black, thick and fet with ihort fpikes arifing from a round 
Bafe radiated like a Star. He feems, by his lhape , to be 
near of kin to the Thornback .; and therefore to be lefs ar,po¬ 
litely Nam’d. 
A Idler Brafilian Frogfifh of the fame kind. 
The TRUMPET-FISH. So called from the figure of 
his Bill, which is an entire Pipe, lhaped almoft like that of 
the Snipe-Fifh- Acus Ariftotelis. Well clefcribed by Ron- 
deletius 5 having, that he defcribes the Body to be Sex- 
angular all along. Whereas from the Head to the Anus 
it is Septangular. The Scales are alfo engraven with fmall 
lines almoft of an Elhpnck figure. Salvianus errs in faying 
he is not fealy. Another alfo of the fame Species. 
The Female, faith Rondeletius , hath a Canale extended 
from her Anus, in which the Eggs are hatched into young 
Ones. Of the ufe of the Bill, fee the Stiip-Fijh. 
The Idler TRUMPET-FISH, or Viviparous Needle- 
Fifh. 
The HORSE-FISH. Hippocampus. A fmall Fifh. So 
called, becaufe his Head is lhaped like a Horfes, and his 
Tail divided by feveral. Incifures, fomewhat like thofe of 
Caterpillars , called isumi.. Given by Mr. Scotto a London 
Merchant. It hath the fame number of Fins, and in the 
fame place, the fame kind of Bill, the forc-Body Septan¬ 
gular, and the Tail fquare, as the Trumpet-Fijh.' And is, 
therefore probably, alfo Viviparous: and fo I have ventur’d 
to place it here. 
Another HIPPOCAMPUS taken in the Mediter¬ 
ranean. 
A STURGEON. Acipenfer. Sturio, becaufe one of the 
greateft of edible Fifties 5 for Stur, in the Danijh- Tongue, 
ligmhes Great, (a) See Wormius his Defcnption. Efpccially ( a ) Wcr- 
that of Salvianus, with his curious figure. The like in II1IUS ‘ 
Bejler. The parts by which he is beft diftinguifhed, are 
his very long and fharp Snout, his little Mouth, to be feen 
only when he lies on his back, and his thick and bony 
Scales 5 which ftand in Rows fo, as to make the Fifh al¬ 
moft Pentangular. The figure of moil of the fide Scales 
is 
