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Show 270 T' of s' macl OCCtl to t1 spi Th ar~ lut w} th IS 272 PISCES. PLECTOGNATHI. 273 CEPHALus, Sh.-ORTIIAGORiscu Jaws undivided as in n· d b 8 ' Schn. TRIO DON, Cuv. 1 • IO on; ut the b d thesast, tISh ins oftis shu rsecseepmtibbll e of i n fl atw. n, and toh ey ,t aciol misp rseos sed make a separate genus of these fishes, whose upper jaw is cated, producing a . es 0 1 ne whose posterior portion h as in Tetraodon, and the lower ol).e single, as in Diodon. An d t. slm. guish it T' hs mgu ar appear as d 1 1 t 1 th b d d · h' h · 1 ance, that is am 1 ew ap, amos as ong as e o y an . twtce as tg , " united to the ~audal ~ t'l orsal and an al, both high a;: before by a very large bone which represents the pelvis is II ' 1e natato1·y bladde · P'W~ro~:i'r nates them to certain Balistes. Their fins are those of laysemr ao f aa ngde lpateinneotursa tedb d irect! ~ b Y the ducr tIuss wchaonlteindgo; their body is rough as in Tetraodon, and the surface of . C. brevia, Sh.; sTu etsrt.a nmcoel aIS sl ,~ear1 under the skincu. s, I•S covere d W'lt h numerous, sma1 1 , rough crests, p1a ced Fish.) Four feet d '. . ' BI., 128.(1) (Th h an more m 1 1 e T. bursarius, Reinw.; Triod. macroptere, Less. and Garn., .deDu·per., Poiss. No.4. The only species known; it was ....... 'tt the Indian Ocean by M. Rein ward. t ree hundred pounds; the sk' :ngt 1, and weighing ver colour. E , m IS very rou D-h ut ope an seas. t> C. oblongus· Orth . .11 Obi ' a.f!onscus obl ong Sun Fish ) Sk' I ong us, B' or c · Ill 1ard an l 1 . . ompartments C f ' c c 1VIdeu1d C . . ape o Good H · spmosus· 0 tl . ope. b S . ' r tl. spmosus B I S h Y plc. Zool., VIII I . f. ' • c n.; 'I ren. of them FAMILY II. SCLERODERMI. trop. X pi ... 'r. p . 1 v, . ; and better K<P rt s " . ' • Vlll, • 3. A third 1 1ew spmes that . . and very sma 134 ' Is somettm es ta k en in the Atlantic. seconu·,1 am1' ly of the Plectognathi is easily distinguished ---------------~conical or pyramidical snout, prolonged from the eyes Seb3 d. The f.l.a. " k 'only smootO, and w' · ' I u.1. by a small mouth, armed with a few distinct cep..,, I,I IxI,x xxur, 7 and 8 tl Ith lateml tentacula· T. S leri, , 3 N • " same as the Tetr PI .• " . · 'P"I m each jaw. The skin is usually rough or invested with of the tl , ·. .B. That what Lace ed . . umzerz, given from I h L~ 0 ler Side, the point of ,, I . l ~ e constder ed a lump is SCa es; t e natatory bladder is oval, large, and strong . fi ..I. c ep ., II, 1, I·S drawn from tl .v 11c 1 1s VI· S!' bl e, and that the IJpner&,an• kesn 1i is een in f:· t le same plate of PI , Bl I on . Schneider was a . . umier, anclrepresenls , ., 143. 'Wale of tlus, lll. Schn I d I .. 4th s , ' ., n . p, d . mooth fhnh w'tl ~i Mitch., pl. vi, f. ... ;.~;o~t lat:ral tubercl es: T. ocellatus lll . Species with an 'bl . unarzs, Russel, I, 29. ' ., 1st. The fla k o ong head. 2d , Back aJ nd sf l only smo o tl T. 1: . argentatus L lllld Seb. III 1 ... anks smooth, the bell ' acep., Ann. Mus. IV, III w· , x:x:ru, 5 and 6·-T. l . y only rough: T. lagocepha/111, p t . lth a carinated b ' k . temgatus, Will., pl. J. 2. a ers. Phil T .. ac · T. rostratus Bl (1) Add · 0 Jans., vol. 76, pl 3 · 1 ' ., 146, 2, to which the T. rt blo · , JS c osely II' <1 due Nov · 0 ngus, Schn 97 a le ;-T. Gronovii. N.B T.lcoom., Petr., X, viii ;'and ;;-Ort. varius, Lacep., I, ::uii, · le voi'de ' ' "· described and /alice, Lacep., l x:x:iv 2 suspected figured by Commer:o r:' ' the Ovum Commersonit h was a m t'l n rom a st cr d . , I t at had 1 t . u ~ ated Tetraod llll e spec1men wluc 1 os Its fin on, and Wll' 1 . r. • _.J;. The S h . 5• . IC 1• lll 1act, IS a Tetrawu• • fJJ eroi'de tuber l Which repr cu twas given Conf. S h esents a front view of ~as we have stated, from ad . ., c n., index:, LVII. Th a etraodon whose vertical fins ese two"c'e nera must consequently be BALISTES, Lin.(l) Y compressed; eight teeth in a single row in each jaw, getrenchant; the skin scaly or granulated, but not exactly os; the ~rst dorsal composed of one or more spines articulated a particular bone which is attached to the cranium, marked by into which they are received; the second dorsal long, soft, and opposite to a nearly similar anal. Although the ventrals are a true pelvic bone is observed in the skeleton suspended shoulder. fishes abound in the torrid zone, near rocks and on the suroft~ e w~ter, where they display their brilliant colours. Their Whlch 1s but lightly esteemed at all times, becomes, it is said, Bali3tes, a name given to these fishes by Artedi, from their Italian appella· bale8tra, which is itself derived from a supposed similitude between the of their great dorsal spine and that of a cross-bow. VoL. II.-2 K \ |