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between the projecting parts. Most of the known 

 species are from the Indian Seas, though one or 

 two have also been found in the South Pacific by 

 the latest voyagers. C. fasciatus of Cuvier from 

 the vicinity of Pondichery, will stand as a good 

 example of this form, of a pale colour, but banded 

 transversely with dull violet. The five lower 

 rays of the pectorals are elongated. 



The next is a genus which Cuvier formed after 

 the construction of the table at the commence- 

 ment of this volume, and which must be inserted. 

 It is without canine teeth, and contains only one 

 species Chironemus Georgianus. 



The next two forms of the table are somewhat 

 allied, and are both natives of America. The 

 first, Pomotis, represented in the Pond Perch 

 of the American rivers, is characterized by the 

 prolongation of the opercle, from which Cuvier 

 has formed his generic name, wishing to convey 

 the idea of similarity to the ear. The most com- 

 mon species is the Labrus amitus of Linnaeus, 

 being abundant in dams for mills, and the still 

 waters of many parts of North America. It is of 

 unobtrusive colours, but conspicuously marked 

 with a large black spot, occupying the elongated 

 angle of the opercle, and which is bordered above 

 Avith white, below with reddish 



