BOD 
BO'DEftTEICH, a town of Germany, in Lower Sax¬ 
ony: thirty-two miles north-eaft of Zell. 
BO'DENWERDER, a town of Germany, in Lower Sax¬ 
ony, fitualed on the Wefer: fixteen miles fouth ofHamelen. 
BODE'RIA, or Bodotria, the ancient name for the 
Frith of Forth, Scotland. 
To BODGE, v. n. [a word in Shakefpeare, which is per¬ 
haps corrupted from boggle.'] To boggle ; to ftop ; to fail ; 
With this we charg’d again : but out, alas! 
We bodg'd again : as I have feen a fwan, 
With bootlels labour, fwim againft the tide. Shakefpeare, 
BOBGUR'VA, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in the pro¬ 
vince of Natolia: twenty-eight miles north-weft of Kafta- 
snoni. 
BODIA'NUS, f. the Bodian ; in ichthyology, a genus 
of fifties belonging to the order thoracici. This genus 
was erected by Bloch, and enlarged by la Cepede, for the 
reception of fuch fpecies of fifh as form a link between 
the two Linnaean genera, Sparus and Perea ; and which 
feem to have characters common to both, but not fuffi- 
cientlv diftinCtive to be clalfed with either. The charac¬ 
ters of this genus are—Opercula not ferrated, but armed 
with feales and fpines ; they confift of two laminae, the 
anterior and pofterior; the former begins near the eye, 
the"latter ends at the breaft; and their linusis diftinguifh- 
ed by a flight cavity. The fpines are commonly at the 
pofterior lamina, fometinres at the anterior, and often at 
both : thefe fpines are mofily flat and broad, ending in a 
point below, but in fome they are round and thick: their 
number is indeterminate, from one to five. Some fpecies 
have a barbie at the chin. This genus has feven fins; 
two peCtorals, tw r o ventrals, the anal, caudal, and one dor- 
fal. The fpecies are found in the waters of Brafil and Ja¬ 
pan ; the ftruCture of their teeth places them among the 
voracious tribe ; and raoft of the fpecies are remarkable 
for the beauty of their colours. The genus admits of 
two divifions; one with the tail lunate or divided; the 
other rounded, or entire. There are twenty-two fpecies 
now known. 
I. Tail divided , lunate , orforked. 
1. Bodianus vermellio, the red-fided bodian. Twelve 
fpines in the dorfal fin, all the fins pointed, and one fpine 
to the operculum, form the fpecific character. The head 
is purple as far as the lower jaw; body of a gold ground, 
feales edged with red; half the back purple, feales edged 
with blue; peCtoral and ventral fins purple ; middle of 
the anal fin yellow; tail-fin bordered with red ; the dor¬ 
fal purple at its origin, then red, and gilt at the ends. 
According to Pifo, the Braiilians ufe it as the Europeans 
do the carp ; and it grows to the fame fize. 
2. Bodianus macrolepidotus, the great-fcaled bodian. 
Specific character; one fpine to the pofterior operculum, 
and fourteen in the dorfal fin. The head is fmall; eyes 
large, pupil black, iris yellow ; feales large, radiated, with 
a grey edge, and ferrated. The ground-colour is grey, 
mingled with red on the head, white on the belly, and 
reddilh brown on the fides. The peCtoral and ventral 
fins are yellow, ending in a point; tire dorfal and anal are 
brown, and rounded at their extremities. Native of the 
Eaft Indies. 
3. Bodianus argenteus, the filver bodian. Specific cha¬ 
racter ; ^ rays in the anal fin, one fpine in the gill-covert: 
the head is narrow and long; the eyes placed high, with 
black pupils and yellow irides; feales fil very; fins j^ellowirti, 
with tender bifurcated rays. Inhabits the Mediterranean. 
4. Bodianus pentacanthus, the jaguar. Five fpines in 
the front operculum of the gills form the fpecific charac¬ 
ter. The upper jaw is protruded, with a bone in place of 
a lip; noftriis double; eyes black, iris white; feales fil- 
.very, ferrated, and edged with red ; dorfal fin yellow. 
The fifli has the power of contracting the dorfal fin into 
a furrow. It is found in the fea at Brafil; and is fat and 
v/ell-tafted. 
Vox.. III. No. 121. (704.) 
BOD Hi 
5. Bodianus aya, the aya. One fpine In the operculum, 
and the fin of the tail hollowed like a crefcent, form the 
fpecific character. This fifh has the upper jaw protruded ; 
noftriis double; eyes fmall, with a red iris ; belly white ; 
body red; feales edged with filver: in the back there is a 
cavity to receive a dorfal fin. Native of Brafil; length 
three feet. It is eaten frefli; or failed, like the haddock; 
or dried in the fun. This is the firlt figure in the annexed 
Plate. 
6. Bodianus maculatus, the maculated bodian. Spe¬ 
cific character; feven fpines in the dorfal fin, tail crefcent- 
fliaped; five fpines in the giil-covert. The head is large; 
jaws equal; the two front teeth the longeft, and bent in¬ 
wards; the ground-colour of the fifli yellow, with blue 
oblong fpots of various fizes. 
7. Bodianus vivanetus, the large-finned bodian. Spe¬ 
cific character, two broad flattened fpines from the pofte¬ 
rior piece of each operculum. General colour yellow ; 
upper part violet; two broad gold ftripes accompany the 
lateral line ; the fins are partly yellow, and partly violet- 
colour: eye large ; lips thick; found at Martinique. 
8. Bodianus Fifcherii, Fiflier’s bodian. Specific charac¬ 
ter, one fpine in the hinder part of the gill-covert; feales 
rhoniboidal, ferrated, and oblique. Cepede has named 
this in honour of Mr. Fifher, a librarian at Mentz. It is 
deferibed from a dried fpecimen in the collection of natu¬ 
ral hiftory given up by Holland to France, together with 
the four following fpecies. 
9. Bodianus decacanthus, the ten-fpined bodian. Spe¬ 
cific character; ten fpines in the dorfal fin, and one to 
each gill-covert. The fnout is long and pointed. 
10. Bodianus lentjan, the lentjan. Specific character; 
ten fpines in the dorfal fin, and two at each hinder giil- 
covert. A note accompanied this in the Dutch collec¬ 
tion, ftating lentjan to be the name the fpecies bears in its 
own country. 
n. Bodianus macrocephalus, the great-headed bodian. 
Specific character; head large, and one flat blunt fpine at 
the hinder piece of each operculum. The hind-head riles 
into around bunch; the teeth are fmall, and of equal fize. 
12. Bodianus cycloftomus, the round mouthed bodian. 
Specific character; one flat blunt fpine at the hinder piece 
of each operculum; upper jaw much fhorterthan the lower, 
exhibiting a large portion of a circle. It has two long 
fharp teeth pointing forwards in the upper jaw ; and many 
long hooked teeth in the lower. Body irregularly -banded. 
13. Bodianus tsenianotus, the long-finned bodian. Spe¬ 
cific; character ; dorfal fin very long; one pointed fpine to 
each operculum ; body blue, with a broad longitudinal 
black ltripe on each lide. This is deferibed by Cepede 
from Commerlon’s MSS. be has formed this and the fol¬ 
lowing into a new genus, Uenianotus, from tcemoe, a band 
or ribbon, and vur 0;, the back, on account of the great 
length of the dorfal fin, which reaches from between the 
eyes quite to the tail. Commerfon met with this fpecies 
at the Mauritius, about a foot long. The noftriis are dou¬ 
ble ; eyes very near together; feales fmall, rough, and 
dentated : belly filvery; dorfal and peCtoral fins varie¬ 
gated with brown and blue: ventrals and anal white; 
caudal marked with a large white fpot on its lower lobe. 
II. Tail entire ; that is, either Jlraigkt or rounded. 
14. Bodianus triacanthus, the three-fpined bodian. 
Specific character; three fpines in the firlt piece of each 
gill-covert; tail-fin rounded. Body long and comprefled ; 
mouth and teeth fmall; lower jaw the longeft. Deferibed 
by Cepede from a fpecimen preferved in fpirits in the 
collection given by Holland to France. 
15. Bodianus melanoleucus, the black-and-white bodian. 
Specific character; opercular fpines five; body filvery, 
with fix or feven irregular tranfv.erfe black bands. Lower 
jaw longeft; upperlip flexible ; noftriis double ; fins yel¬ 
low, with a black fpot at the bafe of the peCtorals and 
ventrals; tip of the fnout bright yellow: length eighteen 
inches. Native of the Mauritius. 
O jo 16. Bodianug 
