n. A kind of lizard-fish, as Synodus fœtens or S. myops.n. The red band-fish, Cepola rubescens: more fully called red snake-fish. See Cepolidæ.n. The oar-fish. See cut under Regalecus.n. A fish, Polypterus senegalus, which lives in rivers of Africa and has many peculiar characters: well represented in former times, but only two genera belonging to one family remain. The fossil forms are now arranged in five families.