158 ORDER ACANTHOPTERYGII. 



The sciaenoides with one dorsal, and less than seven 

 rays to the gills, are again subdivided : in some the 

 lateral line continues to the caudal fin ; in others it is 

 interrupted. 



Among the former we place the following genera : 



LOBOTES, CUV. 



Of which the snout is short, the lower jaw turned up 

 in front, the body elevated, and of which the dorsal 

 and anal lengthen their posterior angle ; so that with 

 their rounded caudal, their body seems to terminate 

 in three lobes. They have four clusters of very small 

 spots towards the end of their jaw. They are to be 

 found in either ocean ! . 



Cheilodactylus, Lacep. 



Have the body oblong, mouth small, numerous spinous 

 rays at the dorsal, and particularly the under rays of 

 the breast simple and extended beyond the membrane, 

 as in the cirrhiti 2 . 



Cuv., or Perca diagramma, Lin., Seb. III. xxvii. 18., or Anthias 

 dia gramma, Bl. 320. Diag. pcecilopterum, C, Seb. III. xxvii. 17. 

 D. pictum, C, Seb. III. xxvi. 32., or Perca picta, Thunb., nouv. 

 Mem.de Stokh. XIII. v. Diag. pertusum, or Perca pertusa, id., ib. 

 XIV. vii. 1. 



1 Holocentrus Surinamensis, Bl. 243c, or Bodianus triurus, Mit- 

 chill III. f. 10. and some new species. 



2 The Cheilod. fasce, Lacep. v. 1.1., or Cynvedus, Gronov. Zoo- 

 phyl. i. 10. 1. ; the Cheil. of Carmichael, or Chcetodon monodactylus, 

 Carmich. Trans. Lin. xii. 24. Cheil. carponemus, C, or Cichla ma- 

 croptera, BL Schn. 342. Cheil. zonatus, Cuv., or Labrus jap>onicus, 

 Tiles, Voy. of Krusenstern, pi. lxiii. f. 1. 



