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CHAPTER XXI. 



LABYRINTHICI AND HOLCONOTI. 



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The Labyrinthine Fishes. The Climbing-perches: Anabantidae. The Gou- 

 ramis: Osphromenidae. The Snake-head Mullets: Ophicephalidae. 

 Suborder Holconoti, the Surf -fishes. The Embiotocidae 365 



CHAPTER XXII. 

 CHROMIDES AND PHARYNGOGNATHI. 



Suborder Chromides. The Cichlidae. The Damsel-fishes: Pomacentridae. 

 Suborder Pharyngognathi. The Wrasse Fishes: Labridae. The Parrot- 

 fishes: Scaridas 380 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



THE SQUAMIPINNES. 



The Squamipinnes. The Scorpididae. The Boarfishes: Antigoniidae. The 

 Arches: Toxotidae. The Ephippidae. The Spade-fishes: Ilarchidae. 

 The Platacidae. The Butterfly-fishes: Chaetodontidae. The Pygaeidae. 

 The Moorish Idols: Zanclidae. The Tangs: Acanthuridae. Suborder 

 Amphacanthi, the Siganidae 397 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



SERIES PLECTOGNATHI. 



The Plectognaths. The Scleroderms. The Trigger-fishes: Balistidae. The 

 File-fishes: Monacanthidae. The Spinacanthidae. The Trunkfishes: Os- 

 traciidae. The Gymnodontes. The Triodontidae. The Globefishes: Tetra- 

 odontidae. The Porcupine-fishes: Diodontidae. The Head -fishes: Molidae. . 411 



CHAPTER XXV. 



PAREIOPLIT/E, OR MAILED-CHEEK FISHES. 



The Mailed-cheek Fishes. The Scorpion -fishes: Scorpaenidae. The Skil- 

 fishes: Anoplopomidae. The Greenlings: Hexagrammidae. The Flat- 

 heads or Kochi: Platycephalidae. The Sculpins: Cottidae. The Sea- 

 poachers: Agonidae. The Lump-suckers: Cyclopteridae. The Sea-snails: 

 Liparididae. The Baikal Cods: Comephoridae. Suborder Craniomi: the 

 Gurnards, Triglidae. The Peristediidae. The Flying Gurnards: Cephala- 

 canthidae 426 



CHAPTER XXVI. 



GOBIOIDEI, DISCOCEPHALI, AND T^NIOSOMI. 



Suborder Gobioidei, the Gobies: Gobiidae. Suborder Discocephali, the Shark- 

 suckers: Echeneididae. Suborder Tasniosomi, the Ribbon-fishes. The 

 Garfishes: Regalecidae. The Dealfishes: Trachypteridae 459 



