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sciasna, and has, like it, ramified appendages to its 

 natatory bladder *. 



This fish emits a sound still more remarkable than 

 that of the other sciaano'ides, and which has been com- 

 pared to the noise of several drums. Its pharyngeal 

 bones are furnished with large flat teeth 2 . 



The genus 



Eques, Bl. 



Is not far removed from the scisenoides with two dor- 

 sals. It is known by a compressed body, long, high 

 on the shoulders, and terminating in a point towards 

 the tail ; their teeth are even ; their first dorsal is 

 high, the second long and scaly : they are all of Ame- 

 rica 3 . 



The scisenoides with a single dorsal are subdivided 

 according to the number of their branchial rays. 



Those that have seven, form several genera, corres- 



1 It is the Labrus grunniens, Mitch, iii. 3 ; the Scicenafusca, and 

 gigas of the same author, appear to be some of a more advanced age, 

 and every thing shows that it is also the Labrus chromis of Lin- 

 naeus ; lastly, the Pogonathe courbinc, Lacep. v. 121, does not differ 

 from it ; Add. Ombrina Fournieri, Desmar., Diet, class. d'Hist. 

 Nat. ; its barbies are almost imperceptible. 



2 They are represented by Antoine de Jussieu, Mem. de VAc. des 

 Sc. for 1723. pi. xi. 



3 Eques balteatns, C, or Eq. Americanus, Bl. 347. 1., or Cha;- 

 todon lanceolatus, Lin., Edw. 210. Eq. punctatns, Bl. Schn. iii. 2. 

 Eq. acuminalus, C, Grammistes acuminatus, Bl. Schn., Seb. III. 

 xxvii. 33. 



