class pisces. 119 



Chironemus, Cuv, 



Have at the lower part of the pectoral fins, the same 

 simple rays as the cirrhites \ 



Pomotis, Cuv. 



Are fish with a compressed oval body, whose charac- 

 ter consists of a membranaceous elongation at the 

 angle of the operculum. They inhabit the fresh wa- 

 ters of America 2 . 



Centrarchus, Cuv. 



Have, with the characters of the last, numerous spines 

 to the anal fin ; and moreover their tongue has a 

 group of even teeth. They are from the same coun- 

 try 3 . 



Priacanthus, Cuv. 



Have an oblong compressed body entirely covered, as 

 well as the head, and even the jaws, with small rough 

 scales; the preoperculum is denticulated, and its 



1 Only one is known, of New Holland ; Chironemus georgianus, 

 Cuv. and Val. iii. p. 78. 



2 Pomotis vulgaris, Cuv. or Labrus auritus, Lin. called the pond 

 perch in the United States, Catesb. ii. 8. 2. Cuv. and Val. iii. pi. xlix. 



3 Centrarchus ceneus, Cuv. or Cychla cenea, Lesueur. Sc. Nat. Phil. 

 C. sparoides, or Labre sparoide, Lacep. iii. 24. 2. Labre iris, Lac. 

 iv. 5. 3. which is also his Labre macroptere, iii. 24. 1. 



