. L'histoire naturelle. Zoologie. 484 poissons-SOUS-CLASSE-TELEOSTOMI. ITI. nervureet-allongées et comme forme naturelle. Cette conformation beaucoup leur donne l'apparence de serpents de mer ; et bien qu'ils soient ordin- Seotion Lophoti- airement des habitants de l'eau profonde, ils sont parfois poussés formes.-famille à la surface. En de telles occasions, il est fort probable que l'Lophotidce. Ils sont responsables de certains des apparences de la mer-serpent.'' de plus, lorsque jeté à terre, ils sont très susceptibles d'être dans l'erreur, par des personnes connais pas la zoologie, pour que mystérieux monstre et non l'homme ;

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. Natural history. Zoology. 484 PISCES—SUB-CLASS IIT.—TELEOSTOMI. elongated and riband-like bodily form. This conformation gives them much the appearance of sea-snakes ; and although they are ordin- Seotion Lophoti- arily inhabitants of deep water, they are sometimes driven formes.—Family to the surface. On such occasions it is highly probable that Lophotidce. they are responsible for some of the alleged appearances of the " sea-serpent.'' Moreover, when cast on shore, they are extremely likely to be mistaken, by persons unacquainted with zoology, for that mysterious monster ; and not many years ago a telegram in the papers announced the discovery in Australia of a dead sea-serpent, which subsequently turned out to be a gigantic stranded riband fish. Here it may be well to remark that the writer by no means refuses to believe in the possi- bility of the existence of " sea-serpents, " but at present contents himself with considering that the evidence is not yet sufficiently convincing. To return to the Lophotiformes, this section, in addition to the riband-like body, is characterised by the vent being situated near the hinder extremity of the latter, and closely followed by the anal fin ; the dorsal fin running along al- most the entire length of the body, and commencing in an enormous back- wardly-curved spine, which arises from an elevated crest on the summit of the short head. To the pre- sence of this spine, or horn, the one representative of the section and family {Lo- photes cepedianus) owes its popular name of unicorn- fish. Rhinoceros-fish would, however, be a better title. The unicorn-fish grows to a length of between five and six feet, and has been taken at considerable depths in widely distant parts of the ocean. That it is indeed a fairly deep-sea monster is apparent from its large eyes; but this feature indicates that it is not an inhabitant of the deepest abysses, where ordinary visual or- gans would be of no use. Although we can nev

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