CLASS PISCES. 21.*? 



fin, whose rays are nearly all simple, extends from this 

 spine to the point of the tail, which has a distinct, but 

 very small caudal; an extremely short anal lies beneath 

 that point ; moderate pectorals, beneath which are 

 scarcely perceptible ventrals, composed of four or five 

 excessively small rays ; the teeth are pointed and not 

 crowded ; the mouth is directed upwards, and the eye 

 very large ; there are six rays in the gills, and the 

 abdominal cavity occupies nearly the whole length of 

 the body. 



L. cepedianus, Giorna. Mem. of the Imp. Acad, of 

 Turin. 1805. 1808, p. 19. pi. ii. The only species 

 known ; it is found, though rarely, in the Mediterra- 

 nean, and becomes very large 1 . 



The ninth family of Acanthopterygii, or that of 



Theutyes, 



Is as closely allied to the scomberoides as the pre- 

 ceding, but in other points ; such as the armature 

 which is found in several genera on the sides of the 

 tail, or in others, the recumbent spine before the 

 dorsal, &c. It contains but very few genera ; they 

 are all foreign, and have a compressed, oblong body, 

 a small mouth, but slightly, or not at all protractile, 



The description of Giorna is imperfect, because he only had a 

 mutilated specimen, of whose origin he was ignorant. T drew mine 

 from an individual more than four feet in length, taken at Genoa. 

 See An. Mus. XX. xvii. 



