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not on the palate ; their first little dorsal fin is more 

 united to the larger one which succeeds it 1 . 



PlNGUIPES, Cuv. 



Have a still heavier form than the percis ; the teeth 

 are strong and conical, the lips are fleshy, and there 

 are teeth to the palate ; their ventral fins are thick. 

 Only one is known, which belongs to Brazil, 



Ping. BrasiUanus, Cuv. and Val. iii. 74. 



Percophis, Cuv. 



Have, on the contrary, the body much elongated, a 

 part of their teeth are long and very pointed : the 

 point of their lower jaw juts forward. 

 Only one species also of the Brazils 



Percoph. BrasiUanus, Cuv., Perc. Fabre, Quoy and Gaim., 

 Voy. de Freycin. Zool. 53. 1. 2. 



One of the most remarkable genera of the jugular 

 percoides is that of 



Uranoscopus, Lin. 

 So named because the head, nearly cubical in shape, 



1 Percis maculata, Bl. Sch. pi. xxxviii. P. semifasciata, Cuv. 

 and Val. iii. 73. P. cylindnca, or Scicena cylindrica, Bl. 299. 1. 

 which is also Bodianus Sebce, Bl. Schn., Seb. iii. 27. 16. P. can- 

 cellata, Cuv., or Lahre tetracanthe, Lac. iii. p. 473. and ii. pi. xiii. 

 f. 3. which is also his Bodian tetracanthe, iv. 302. P. ocellata, 

 Benard. I. vi. 42. P. col'tas, Cuv., or Enchelyopus colzas, Bl. Sch. 

 p. 54. and the other species described in our third volume. 



