105. CUTEID.® IIEXAGRAMMUS. 
G41 
/. Gill-membranes scarcely imited; spinous dorsal greatly elevated in front ; 
scales very rough. {ZanioUpUiw) ZaxiPlepis, 353. 
ff. Gill-membraues broadly united; dorsal spines low, stiff; head pointed. 
( Oxulcbiiiiw) Oxylehius, 354. 
dd. Gill-membranes united to the narrow isthmus; preopercle unarmed; anal 
spines weak or obsolete. 
g. Dorsal fins connected. (Agratmninw.) 
h. Anal '^ comparatively short, its rays about 12; palatine teeth present. 
Myriolepis, 3.55. 
gg. Dorsal fins widely separated; body and head rather slender. {Anoplo- 
pominw) Anoplopoma, 356. 
351.-HEXAGRAI?IiriUSt Steller. 
Eoclc-trout. 
(C/ifrws Steller: LabraxVaWas: A can tholebi us Gill: Chiropsis Girard.) 
(Steller; Tilesius, Act. Acad. Petropol. ii, 335, 1810: type Hexagrammus asper Steller.) 
Body oblong, somewhat compressed. Head subconical, blunt in 
profile. Mouth rather small, horizontal; jaws with bands of moderate- 
sized, conical teeth, the outer row enlarged ; teeth on vomer, and usu- 
ally a small patch on the palatines; preopercle unarmed; a fringed 
* Anal rays about 20 in Agrammus schhgeli, a Japanese species. 
tXhe following sijecies from the coast of Kamtschatka, related to IlexagrammMS, 
have been made the types of distinct genera. These genera may be valid; if the 
characters assigned are correct, which is doubtful : 
GRAMMATOPLEURUS Gill. 
(Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1861, 166: type Labrax lagocephalns Pallas. 
Distinguished from Hexagrammus by the cycloid scales, {ypai.if.irfy line; TrXsvpov, 
side. ) 
G. lagocephalns (Pallas) Gill. 
Five lateral lines; mouth rather small; color golden-brown. D. XX-24; A. 22. 
Kurile Islands. 
{Labrax lagocephalus Pallas, M^m. Acad. Petcrsb. ii, 384, 1810: Chirus lagocephalns 
Gunther, ii, 92.) 
OCTOGRAMMUS Bleeker. 
(Bleeker, Versl. At. Amst. vi, 1370: type Labrax octogramrnus Fallas = Ocfogrammn8 
pallasi Bleeker.) 
Distinguished from Hexagrammus by the union of the gill-mcrabraues to the isth- 
mus (?). {oKTO, eight; ypapprj, line.) 
0. paUasi Bleeker. 
Olivaceous; back and sides spotted; belly yellow; pectorals hyaline; ventrals 
black at tip: four lateral lines; mouth moderate; scales strongly ctenoid; body 
elongate; dorsal deeply notched. “Flabella branchio stega divisa.” D. XIX; A. 
24. Kamtschatka and Aleutian Islands. 
{Labrax octogramrnus Pallas, 1. c. 393: Chirus octogramrnus Gunther, ii, 92; Bleeker, 
1. c. ’,= Hexagrammus decagi'ammus’l) 
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