146 ORDER ACANTHOPTERYGII. 



sion has the body scaly, and among them some have 

 a free ray under a great pectoral fin l . 



Others have ordinary pectorals without the free 

 rays 2 . 



Another subdivision has the body naked, and of 

 those, too, some have the free ray under the pectoral 3 ; 

 while others are without this ray 4 . 



Agriopes 



Are without the suborbital spine, but have the dorsal 

 fin still higher than the apistes, and brought forward 

 to betwe.,1. t'ie eyes. Their nape is high, the muzzle 

 narrow, the mouth small, with few teeth, and the 

 body without scale 5 . 



Pelors 

 Have an undivided dorsal fin, and the palatine teeth 



1 Ap. alatus, Cuv. Russel, 160. B. ; Scorp. carinala, Bl. Schn. 



2 Cottus Australis, J. White, New South Wales, iv. 266 ; Ap. 

 tcen'mnotus, Cuv. Lacep. iv. 3. 2. This figure is entitled Tcenianote, 

 large rale, but it has nothing in common with the T. large rate of 

 the text, iv. 303, 304, which is a malacanthe, and the same as is re- 

 presented, hi. 28. 2. under the name Labre large rate; Perca cottoi- 

 des, Lin. Mus. Ad. Fred. ii. p. 84. 



3 Ap. minous, Cuv. Russell, 159; Sc. monodactyle,'B\. Schn. 



4 The species are new, and described, as well as many of the pre- 

 ceding subdivisions, in our fourth volume. /$?_'-' 



5 Blennius lorvus dc Gronov. Act. Helv. vii. pi. hi. copied Walb. 

 iii. pi. ii. f. 1. or Coryphoena torva, Bl. Schn. and some new species. 





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