CLASS PISCES. 263 



Plesiops, Cud. 



A chromis with a compressed head, approximated 

 eyes, and extremely long ventrals. 



Malacanthus, Cuv. 



The general characters of a labrus, and similar max- 

 illary teeth, but the pharyngeal teeth are like those of 

 a card, as in chromis, &c. ; the body is elongated, the 

 lateral line continuous, and the operculum termi- 

 nated by a small spine*; the long dorsal has but a 

 small number of spines ; the anterior ones thin and 

 flexible. 



A species is found in the French Antilles, called 

 by the inhabitants Vive; it is the Coryphmie plu- 

 mier, Lacep. IV. viii. 1. : yellowish, irregularly and 

 transversely streaked with violet ; a crescent-shaped 



tail 1 . 



Scarus, Lin. 



A genus of fishes with remarkable jaws (that is, their 



note by Garden, which requires confirmation {Labrus hiatula, Lin.) 

 It is not easy to imagine why Bloch, Schn. p. 481. placed it in 

 Trachypterus. 



1 N.B. This figure, taken from Plunder, was altered by Bloch to 

 represent his Coryphcena Plumieri, pi. clxxv. Lacepede gives a 

 more exact one. It is also the Matejuelo bianco of Parra xiii. 1., or 

 the Sparus oblongus, Bl. Schn. 283. 



Add the Tubleu of the Isle of France, or Labre large rate, Lacep. 

 III. xxviii. 2., the description of which is found, tome i v. p. 204., 

 under the name of Tcenianote large rate. 



