^^ PISCES. 



Of Pentapoda, those whose mouth is less cleft, head more scaly, 

 body less elevated, and whose caudal is covered with scales to the 



By that of Lethrini;s, we distinguish such as have no scales on 

 he cheek, most of them, as in H^mulon, have some red about 

 the angle of the jaws.(2) All these fishes have a pointed scale be- 

 tween the ventrals, and one above each of them. 



A third tribe is also composed of a single genus. 



Cantharus, Cuv. 

 Teeth short and crowded, or bent and crowded (en cardes serr6es\ 

 all round the jaws; those of the external row being the strongest: 

 body elevated and thick; muzzle short; jaws not protractile. Two 

 species are found in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. 



Canth. vulgaris; Spams canth.,L.; Rond. 120, and Duham. 

 sect. IV, pi. IV, f. 1. Silver-grey, longitudinally striped with 

 brown; some small rough teeth behind the bent ones. 



Canth. brama; Spams bmma, L. About the same colour; all 

 the teeth bent,(3) 



In a fourth tribe the teeth are trenchant. It comprises two 

 genera. 



Boops, Cuv. 



Teeth of the external row trenchant, mouth small and nowise pro- 

 tractile. Several species are found in the Mediterranean. 



B. vulgaris; Sparus boops,L.x Rond. 136. Twenty-four teeth 

 in each jaw, with an oblique, cutting edge; the body oblong, 

 with longitudinal gold-coloured stripes, on a silver ground 



B. salpa; Sparus salpa, L. ; BL, 265. More oval; stripes of a 

 more brilliant gold, on a ground of burnished steel; teeth broad 

 and emarginated. 



Oblada, Cuv. 



Differs from Boops in having small crowded teeth behind the inci- 

 sors, which somewhat approximates this genus to Canrharus. 



splde?""' "''"'"' ""'- '''^-''^ ^P- "-"y'^'^^' ^-^P-' IV' 1^1' -d some nev. 



,TtI T f '-'^ "*'^^^. Forsk., p. 52, No. 62;-Scia^na karak, Id. 

 (o) The fig. of Bloch, 269 and 270, intended to represent these two species 

 convey no correct idea of them. species. 



