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and, as in these and in labrus, there are two long- 

 conical teeth in front of each jaw, followed by smaller 

 blunt ones : we have not had an opportunity of ob- 

 serving those in the pharynx. 



But a single species is known, Spams insidiator, P. 

 Spic. Zool. Fasc. viii. pi. v. 1. of a reddish colour. 

 From the Indian Ocean. 



Clepticus, Cuv. 



A small cylindrical snout, which is suddenly protruded 

 like that of an epibulus, but which is not as long as 

 the head ; the small teeth barely perceptible to the 

 touch ; the body oblong, head obtuse, and the lateral 

 line continuous ; the dorsal and anal enveloped by 

 scales nearly to the summit of the spines. 



C. genizara, Cuv., Parra, pi. xxi. f. 1. The only 

 species known ; of a purple red. From the Antilles. 



Gomphosus *, Lacep. Elops, Commers. 



Labroides, with an entirely smooth head, as in julis ; 

 but owing to the prolongation of the intermaxillaries 

 and maxillaries, which are united by the teguments as 

 far as the small opening of the mouth, the muzzle is 

 made to resemble a lonsr thin tube. 



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1 Gomphosus viridis, Cuv., or G. Lacepede, Q,uoy and Gaym., 

 Voy. Freycin. Zool. pi. lv. f. 2. G. cceruleus, Lacep. iii. pi. v. f. 1., 

 or Acarauna longirostris, Sevastianoff. Nov. Act. Petrop. xiii. t. xi. 

 G. variegatus, Lacep. ib. f. 2. 



Gomphosus is derived from y6f.i<poe, cuneus, clavus. 



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