motion of the one in eating, and of the other in fwim- 
ming. And for the fame reafon, the Gill-Fins do alfo 
if and upon a naked Membrane. 
The Female-CONEY-FISH. The Nofe here defcendeth 
not fo fteeply. The Belly not fo broad. The Cruft every 
where, except the middle of the Belly, ftained with a great 
number of round black Spots. Hath not many of the 
triangular fubdivilions. Nor the Oval Cruft upon the 
Tail. 
Another of the ftime Species , witli that now de- 
fcribed. 
The HORNED CONEY-FISH. Pifcis triangularis 
(*) Tab. 45. cornutus. Jotmfion hath figur’d it. (a) But without either 
Defcription or Name. It differs from the filh laft defcnbed 
chiefly by its Horns, which he hath upon the top of his 
Forehead, i an inch long, near an inch about the bottom, 
and pointedjalmoft like an Horfes Ears when he pricks them 
forward. His Teeth are alfo fmaller, his Mouth Idler, 
and more naked. His Belly narrower, and fo his fides 
more compreifecl. The Tail-Fin longer. And the Oval 
Cruft on the Tail, not above but beneath. 
ANOTHER of the fame Species , with two Oval-Crufts, 
one on the top of the Tail, the other underneath. 
A THIRD, without thefaid Oval-Cruft, and the triangu¬ 
lar fubdivilions. 
Two more HORNED CONEY-FISHES. AH five of 
one unmixed afh-colour. 
CHAP. III. 
OF SCALED-FISHES, 
THe HEAD of the CUCUPU-GUACU 5 fo called by 
the people of Bra file, where it breeds. Defcnbed 
by Marggravius. Who faith it is fometimes two yards 
long, and a yard and half about. The Mouth of this 
Head ftanding quite open, makes a circle of a yard in com- 
pafs. So that, probably,’tis the biggeft of Scaled-FiJhes, 
excepting 
