Batfish, a sort of reddish isosceles triangle half a meter long,
蝙蝠鱼,一种等腰三角形的淡红色鱼,半米长,
whose pectoral fins are attached by fleshy extensions that make these fish look like bats,
胸鳍长在突出的肉上,使它看上去有点像蝙蝠,
although an appendage made of horn, located near the nostrils, earns them the nickname of sea unicorns;
但它们长在鼻孔附近的角质触须,使它又有三角鱼的绰号;
lastly, a couple species of triggerfish, the cucuyo whose stippled flanks glitter with a sparkling gold color,
最后是几类鳞鲺, 两侧闪着鲜艳的金黄色斑点;
and the bright purple leatherjacket whose hues glisten like a pigeon's throat.
和鲜明的紫色酸刺鱼,它的色泽柔和,像鸽子 喉部的颜色一样。
I'll finish up this catalog, a little dry but quite accurate, with the series of bony fish I observed:
我现在要用我观察到的一组多骨鱼来结束这些有些枯燥、但十分准确的分类:
eels belonging to the genus Apteronotus whose snow-white snout is very blunt,
属无翼鳍属的巴桑鱼,喙很圆而且雪白,
the body painted a handsome black and armed with a very long, slender, fleshy whip;
皮是美丽的黑缎,长着一条非常细长的肉带;
long sardines from the genus Odontognathus, like three-decimeter pike, shining with a bright silver glow;
长刺的齿状鱼,一种长3分米的沙丁鱼,身上银光闪闪的;
Guaranian mackerel furnished with two anal fins;
卵形鳍鱼,长着两根肛鳍;
black-tinted rudderfish that you catch by using torches, fish measuring two meters and boasting white, firm,plump meat that,
浑身黑色的黑牙刺鱼,人们要打着麦杆火把才能钓到的鱼,它长2米,肉肥白结实,
when fresh,tastes like eel, when dried, like smoked salmon;
新鲜时的味道有点像鳗鱼,晾干后就像熏鲑鱼;
semired wrasse sporting scales only at the bases of their dorsal and anal fins;
半红色的隆头鱼,只有脊鳍和肛鳍下面长着鱼鳞;
grunts on which gold and silver mingle their luster with that of ruby and topaz;
身上交错闪着红白光泽和金银鱼的光泽的茧鱼;