F is h e s .
ropes and cords, chiefly for packing the hales of cotton; and of
the finer fort, the firings for mufical inftruments.
Kaempferh^ given good outlines o f feveral o f the fiihes; not
a few are common to our feas, fuch as the fpotted Jhark, Br.
Zool. iii. N” 46. our lampries,- N° 27, 28, eels, and feveral others..
The famous Fu Rube, the l ’etraodon ocellatus, a luxury and a
poifon before defcrihed at p. 203 of this volume, is' frequent.
Kaempfer* mentions the fatal eifedts of this fafcinating food.
T h e f e w o t h e r f i ih e s t h a t I c a n e n u m e r a t e f r o m Linncmn
a u t h o r i t y a r e t h e f o l l o w i n g :
Callioriymus Japonicus, Gm. Lin. iii. 1155-
Uranofcopus Japonicus, 1157.
Corypboena Japmica, 1195.
Coitus Japonicus, 12x3.
Scorpcena volitans, 1217.
Pleuronecles Japonicus, 1239.
Cbaetodon Imperator, 1255.
guttatus, 1256.
collare, 1263.
tnefomelas, ibid.
Sparus argentatus, 1272.
hoops, 1274.
latus, 1276.
virgatus, 1276..
hotatus, 127 a.
fufcefcens, 1279.
Labrus boops, 1291.
Gajlerojleus Japonicus, 1325.
• Hift. of -Japan, p. p. 134, 135-
Cobitis
Scomber Japonicus, 1329.
auratus, 1330.
Centrogajler fufcefcens, 1337.
Cobitis Japónica, 1352.
Silurus imberbis, 1361.
Fiflularia tabacaria, 1387.
Clupea Fhrijfa, 1406.
“ Lhunberg adds (vol. iv. p. 99).
Muroena nebulofa.
picla.
annulata.
fafciata. .
OpbiSthus cinereu-s.
All beautiful and fingular fpecies o f eels.
T h e following are extrailed from Bloch's magnificent Idlhyolo
g y :
Scarus viridis, vol. vii. p. 20. tab. 222.
Bodianus Boenac, vol. vii. p. 31. tab. 226.
maculatus, vol. vii. p. 35. tab. 228.
Holocentrus ongus, vol. vii. p. 52. tab. 234.
fervus, vol. vii. p. 61. tab. 238. fig. r.
quinqué lineatus, vol. vii. p. 65. tab. 239.
calcarifer, vol. vii. p. 80. tab. 244.
Lutianus lutianus, vol. vii. p. 85. tab. 245.
bafla, vol. vii. p. 87. tab. 246. fig. r.
erythropterus, vol. vii. p. 93. tab. 249.
verres, vol. viii. p. 7. tab. 255.
Sparus fafciatus, vol. viii. p. 15. tab. 257.
V o l . III. I i Sparus