16. CENTEOPOMtJS. 79 



16. ETELIS. 



Etelis, Cuv. Sf Val. ii. p. 127. 



Seven branchiostegals. Teeth in villiform bands; canine teeth 

 in the jaws, those of the palatines being equal ; tongue smooth. 

 Two dorsals, the first with nine, the anal fin with three spines. 

 Caudalis deeply notched. Operculum spiniferous; prseoperculum 

 with a simple edge, indistinctly denticulated. Scales moderate. 



Seas of the Seychelles and Isle de France. 



1. Etelis carbunculus. 

 Cuv. 8f Val ii. p. 127. 



D. 9 I Jj. A. f L. lat. 50. L. transv. 6/14. 



Height of the body one-fourth of the total length ; prseoperculura 

 minutely denticulated. Bright red in life, with golden shining lines 

 along the rows of scales. 



Seychelles ; Isle de France. 



a. Very large specimen : stuffed. Isle de France. 



16. CENTPOPOMUS. 



Centropomus, sp., Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss. iv. p. 248. 

 Centropomus, Cuv. Rbgne Anim. \ Cuv. 8r Val. ii. p. 102. 



Seven branchiostegals. All the teeth viUiform, vnthout canines ; 

 teeth on the palatine bones, tongue smooth. Two distinctly sepa- 

 rated dorsals, the fii'st with eight, the anal fin with three spines, the 

 second of which is exceedingly long. Operculum without spinous 

 point ; praeoperculum with two denticulated edges. Scales moderate. 



Neotropical part of the Atlantic Ocean. 



1. Centropomus undecimaUs 



Camuri, Marcffrave, p. 160. 



Sciaena undecimalis, Block, t. 303 



Platycephalus undecimalis, Bl. Schn. p. 59, 



Centropomus undecim-radiatus, LacSp. iv. p. 267. 



undecimalis, Cuv. <^ Val. ii. p. 102. pi. 14 ; Schomh. Hist. Barbad. 



p. 665, and Reis. Brit. Guian. iii, p. 620 ; Ramon de la Sagra, Hist. 



Cub. Poiss. p. 9. 

 Perca loubina, Lacep. iv. pp. 897, 418, 421. 

 Sphyraena aureoviridis, Lacep. v. p. 324. pi. 9. f. 2 (bad). 



D.8|i. A.f 



Silvery white, back greenish, a brownish band along the lateral 

 line. Height of the body one-fifth of the total length. 

 Atlantic shores of Tropical America. (Lima ?) 



a. Adult. South America. 



