The natural history of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals . 5. SuBFAM. CEPHALIN^. Sun-fish. Body oval or orbicular; the dorsal, caudal, and ven-tral fins united. Pedalion Guilding MSS. Body rough, sub-ovate;mouth very small; jaws acuminated; a six-lob sa-cral appendage serving instead of a caudal fin, anddisconnected to the dorsal and ventral fins; pectoralfins short, rounded; eyes versatile, as in gigas. Guild. (Vol. I. p. 199. fig. 33.) Orthagoriscus Sch. (^) Body nearly or-bicular j the skin rough,but without spines mola. Bloch, pi
The natural history of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals . 5. SuBFAM. CEPHALIN^. Sun-fish. Body oval or orbicular; the dorsal, caudal, and ven-tral fins united. Pedalion Guilding MSS. Body rough, sub-ovate;mouth very small; jaws acuminated; a six-lob sa-cral appendage serving instead of a caudal fin, anddisconnected to the dorsal and ventral fins; pectoralfins short, rounded; eyes versatile, as in gigas. Guild. (Vol. I. p. 199. fig. 33.) Orthagoriscus Sch. (^) Body nearly or-bicular j the skin rough,but without spines mola. Bloch, pi. 128. Molacanthus Sw. Body armed with Pallasii Sw. Pall. Spec. Zool. pi. 4. Cephalus Shaw, Pectoral fin lengthened, pointed;. 330 CLASSIFICATION OF FISHES_, ETC. body oblongj hard^ divided into small angular com-partments ; connecting this group with the oblongus. BL Sch. pi. 97. Family 2. CHIRONECTID^. Frog-fish. Body naked, thick, heavy, generally compressed, some-times tuberculated, but always destitute of scales _; eyessmall, generally vertical, or placed near the crown;mouth vertical, the lower jaw longest; branchial spi-racle single^ placed close to the pectoral; head generallywith detached rays, or horn-like processes; pectoralfins pedunculated, capable of being used as feet; dorsalfin either divided or entire. Chironectus. Cuv. Body naked, compressed; Histrio. Bloch, 111. pictus. Shaw, Ichth. ii. pi. 165. Family 3. LOPHIDiE. Head enormous, nearly flattened, often spiny or tuber-culated ; body depressed, sometimes with pores, butnever with scales ; tail small, compressed ; mouth oftenvery wide, placed beneath the snout, and cleft horizon-tally ; pectorals pedunculated. M
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