422 SPAKIDJE. 



3. SCATHARUS. 



Scatharus, Cuv. 4- Val. vi. p. 375. 



In both jaws a single series of lanceolate teeth, behind which are 

 no other teeth ; no molars. Cheeks scaly. The dorsal spines (eleven) 

 can be received in a scaly sheath ; anal spines three. Scales mo- 

 derate. Six branchiostegals. Pyloric appendages in small number ; 

 air-bladder with two short posterior horns. 



Mediterranean. 



1. Scatharus graecus. 



Cuv.Sf Val. vi. p. 37G. pi. 1G2 ter; Expecl Sc. Moree, Zool. pi. 17. 

 f. 2 a, b. 



D.il. A.^. Ca^c. pylor. 4. 



The height of the body is one-third of the total length. Colo- 

 lation uniform. 

 Mediterranean. 



4. OBLATA. 



Oblata, sp., Cuv. R^gne Anim. ; Cuv. 6f Val. vi. p. 366. 



In both jaws a series of broad incisors in front, notched at the 

 cutting margin, behind which is a band of granular teeth* ; on the 

 sides a series of small pointed teeth ; no molars. Cheeks scaly. The 

 dorsal spines (eleven) can be received in a scaly sheath ; anal spines 

 three. Scales moderate. Six branchiostegals. Pyloric appendages 

 in small number ; air-bladder with two horns posteriorly. 



Mediterranean. 



1. Oblata melanura. 



i/l(\avovpos,Arist. viii. c. 2 ; JEllan, i. c. 41, xii. c. 17 ; Oppian, i. p. 5 ; 



Athen. vii. p. 313. 

 Melanui-us, Ovid. Hal. v. 113 ; Flin. xxxii. c. 11 ; Bdlon. pp. 270, 271 ; 



Rondd. V. c. 6. p. 126; Sulv. f. 181, 182; Aldrov. i. c. 13. p. 64; 



Gesner, pp. 540, 638 ; Willwjhhy, p. 310 ; Bay, p. 131. 

 Spurns, no. 14, Artedi, Genera, p. 37. 

 melanm-us, Linn. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 468 ; Bribin. Pise. Mass. p. 41 ; 



L. Gm. p. 1271 ; Bl. SeJm. p. 273. 



oblada, Lacip. iv. p. 76 ; Bisso, Irhth. Nice, p. 237. 



Oblata ra*>l".r.ai'a, Cuv. ^ Val. vi. p. 366. pi. 162 b ; Guichenot, Exjjlor. 



Sc. Alger. Poiss. p. 54. 



D. ||. A. f^. L. lat. 65. L. transv. ^^. dec. pylor. G. Vert. 10/14. 



The lower jaw rather prominent ; a large black blotch across the 

 back of the tail, extenchng on the sides. 

 Mediterranean ; Madeira ; Canary Islands. 



o. Adult : skin. Mediterranean. From the Collection of the Zoo- 

 logical Society. 



* The teeth behind the incisors arc not villiforni, ns stated hy Cuvier, but 

 granular, aa in Crenidens, to which genus Oblata is closely allied. 



