in the Fish Gallery of the Indian Museum. 6 1 



bones fused, but differ from them in the form of the 

 scales, which are cycloid, and in having very strong - 

 teeth for crushing the shells of the mollusks upon which 

 they largely feed. Many of the species have very thick 

 lips. Like the Glyphidodontidcc many of them are coloured 

 in patterns of startling brilliance. The Indian species 

 number nearly sixty. Of the 20 Indian genera, eight 

 (namely, Cossyphits, Platyglossus, Novacula, Juh's, Coris, 

 Scarus y Callyodon, Pseudoscarus) range through tropical 

 seas from the Atlantic coast of America through the 

 Pacific, Novacula, Juh's, Cons, and Scarus also occurring 

 in the Mediterranean. 



Family XLII. Chvomides [Case 44]. 



The Chromides are a small family of fishes inhabiting 

 rivers and lakes in Tropical America, Tropical Africa, 

 Madagascar and Palestine, and three species are found 

 in India, two of which also occur in Ceylon. In the 

 structure of the pharyngeal bones they agree with the 

 Wrasses and Glyphidodonts. They are, for the most 

 part, small. 



Suborder Anacanthini [Cases 42, 43]. 



None of the fins have spines. The ventral fins, if 

 present, are often jugular. The air-bladder, if present, 

 has no pneumatic duct. 



This suborder is divided into two sections (1) the 

 Gadoidei, or Cod-fishes, and (2) the Plcuronectoidei, or 

 Flat-fishes. 



Anacanthini Gadoidei [Cases 42, 43]. 

 The Indian Gadoidei are, for the most part, but 

 not entirely, inhabitants of the depths, where the 



