History of British animals - University of Guam Marine Laboratory

Gasterosteus. FISHES. ACANTHOPT. 219Body oval, compressed, olive, blue, and white, with aLength 17 inches.round black spot on the side. 1st D. 10, 2d D. 24 ;P. 14 ;1st A. 4, 2d A. 22 ;C. 14. Tail round. Spinous scales on the back and belly, at the base of thefins. Lateral line waved.— Willoughby mentions this fish as common inCornwall.to the London market.It is occasionally broughtGen. LXXXV. SPINACHIA.—Lateral line armed withlarge pointedimbricated scales. Ventrals,supported by a spinous shield.165. S. vulgaris. — Back with fifteen spines.Aculeatus marinus major, Sibb. Scot. 24.of a single ray,Will. Ich. 340.— GasterosteusSpin. Linn. Syst. i. 492. Penn. Brit. Zool. hi. 263. Don. Brit. Fishes,t. 45 In the sea rare.Length 6 inches. Snout produced ; mouth tubular ; teeth small. 2d D.7, P. 10, A. \,C. 12. Tail even at the end.Gen. LXXXVI. GASTEROSTEUS. Stickleback.—Ventrals of a single spine;an intervening shield, pointed behind.the bone of the pelvis forming166. G. P. aculeatus.— Three spines on the back ; scales onthe sides large,transverse.Pungitius, Merr. Pin. 189. Sibb. Scot. 25—Pisciculus aculeatus, Will.Ich. 341. Gast. acul. Linn. Systi. 489. Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 261.Don. Brit. Fishes, xi—Common t.in rivulets, ditches, and lakes.Length 2 inches. Body square near the tail. 2d D. 11, P. 10, A. §, C.12. A voracious fish. Spawns in April. Sometimes found in estuaries,after floods, where it attains a largesize.167- G. Pungitius.— Ten spines on the back ;sides smooth.Piscis aculeatus minor, Will. Ich. 342.—G. Pung. Linn. Syst.i. 491.Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 262. Don. Brit. Fishes,t. 32—In the sea andrivers.Length about an inch and a half; olive above, white below. Dorsal spinesirregular in their direction. 2d D. 9, P. 9, A. \. Tail rounded.Mr Couch states in reference to the Centronotus diictor, or Pilot-fish,that " Two of this species a few years since accompanied a ship from the Mediterraneaninto Falmouth, and were taken in a net."— Linn. Trans, xiv. 82.Gen. LXXXV1I. LAMPRIS. Opah.—Snout short ; ventralsabdominal.168. L. Luna.— Fins red; body above greenish blue, withsilvery spots.Piscis maculis aureis aspersus, Sibb. Scot. t. vi. f. 3. Wallace, Ork. 37-—Opah, Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 223. Sower. Brit. Misc. i. p. 45. t. 22.Don. Brit. Fishes,t. 97 In the British seas rare.