21. PIMEIEPTEKUS. 497 



Fifth Group. PIMELEPTERINA. 



Sparidce with cutting toetli in front, and with teeth on the pakte. 

 One genus only. 



21. PIMELEPTERUS*. 



Pimelepterus, (Lacep.) Cuv. Regtie Anim. ; Cuv. ^ Val. vii. p. 254. 

 Kyphosus, {Lacep.) Cuv. Megne Anim. 



In both jaws a single anterior series of cutting teeth, implanted bj 

 a horizontal posterior process, behind which is a band of villiform 

 teeth; fine teeth on the vomer, the palatine bones, and on the 

 tongue. The soft portions of the vertical fins thickly enveloped by 

 minute scales ; eleven dorsal and three anal spines. Prjeoperculum 

 generally denticulated. Scales of moderate size, bony. Seven 

 branchiostegals. Pyloric appendages sometimes in small numl)er, 

 sometimes exceedingly numerous. Air-bladder notched posteriorly 

 and sometimes anteriorly. 



Apparently in all the tropical seas. 



1. Pimelepterus boscii. 



Pimelepterus boscii, Lacep. iv. pp. 429, 430 ; Cuv. 8( Val. vii. p. 258. 

 pi. 1«7, cop. by Dckay, New I orh Fauna, Fishes, p. 100. pi. 20. f. .5(5: 

 Valenc. in Webb Sf Berth. Hist. Nat. lies Canar. Poiss. pi. 10, 



Pimelepterus incisor, Valenc. I. c. p. 47 (not Cuvier). 



t' Pimelepterus oblougior, Cuv. Sr Val. vii. p. 264. 



D.|^. A.-^. L. lat. 66. L. transv. 10/20. Vert. 9/16. 



The height of the body is three times in the total length, the 

 length of the head 4i ; the distance between the eyes is 2| in the 

 lengthof the head. The longest dorsal spine is about one-fifth of 

 the height of the body, rather longer than the soft portion of the 

 dorsal, and nearly equal to the longest anal ray. The horizontal 

 process of the teeth not much longer than the vertical. Uniform 

 brownisli (in a preserved state) ; a silvery streak along the prteorbital. 



Tropical parts of the Atlantic ; Sea of Madeira. 



a. Adult : skin. Jamaica. From Dr. Parnell's Collection, 



b. Adult : stuifed. Cuba. Prom Dr. Poey's Collection. 



c. Half-grown: stuffed. Madeira, From the Rev. R. T. Lowe's 



Collection. 



* 1. Pimelepterus dussumieri, Cuv. cf- Val. vii. p. 273 ; Cuv. Regne Anim. III. 

 I'oiss. pi. 43. f. 1.— Bay of Bengal. 



2. Pimelepterus raynaldi, Cue. ^- Val. vii. p. 274. — Sunda Sea. 



3. Pimelepterus oblongior, Cant. Catal. p. 174. — Pinang. 



4. Pimelepterus incisor, Cuv. <f" Val. \A\. p. 266 (not Valenc. in Webb ^ 



A'»V/(.).— Brazil. 



5. Pimelejiteriis iudieus, Cuv. cj- Val. vii. p. 270 ; Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 8C. — 



Jap.Tuese Sea. 

 G. Pimelepterus laevifrons, Tschudi, Faun. Peruan. Ichfhi/ol. p. 18. — Lima. 



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