Boar-fish (Cupros), a genus of fishes in the
Carangidae or Horse-mackerel family of Acanthopterygii or bony fishes with spinous rays. The protrusible mouth presents a resemblance to a hog's snout as the name suggests. The body has an oval compressed form like that of the related John Dory, from which it differs conspicuously in the absence of spines at the base of dorsal and anal fins, and of long filaments on the dorsal spines. The common Boar-fish (C. aper) is a well-known inhabitant of the Mediterranean, rarely caught on the coasts of England. The eyes are very large, and placed far forward; the body is of a carmine colour, lighter below, and with seven transverse orange bands on the back.
Boarhound. See BOAR.