21. PIMELEPTERUS. 497 



Fifth Group. PIMELEPTERINA, 



Spnndce 'with cutting teeth in front, and ^dth teeth on the palate. 

 One genus only. 



21. PIMELEPTERUS*. 



Pimelepterus, (Lacep.) Cuv. Regne Anini. ; Cuv. Sf Vol. vii. p. 254. 

 Kyphosus, {Lacep.~) Cuv. Rkgtie Anim. 



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

 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. Prseoperculum 

 generally denticulated. Scales of moderate size, bony. Seven 

 brancliiostegals. Pj'loric appendages sometimes in small number, 

 sometimes exceedingly numerous. Air-bladder notched posteriorly 

 and sometimes anteriorly. 



Apparently in all the ti'opical seas. 



1. Pimelepterus boscii. 



Pimelepterus boscii, Lac&p. iv. pp. 429, 430 ; Cmi. %■ Vol. vii. p. 258. 



pi. 187, cop. hyDekay, Neio lork Fauna, Fishes, p. 100. pi. 20. f. 5(5; 



Vaknc. in Wehb <^ Berth. Hist. Nat. lies Canar. Poiss. pi. 19. 

 Pimelepterus incisor, Vhlenc. I. c. p. 47 (not Curier). 

 ? Pimelepterus oblougior, Cuv. 6f Val. vii. p. 264. 



D. i^. 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 4| ; the distance between the eyes is 2| in the 

 length of 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 

 brownish (in a preserved state) ; a silvery streak along the praeorbital. 



Tropical parts of the Atlantic ; Sea of Madeira. 



a. Adult : skin. Jamaica. From Dr. Pamell's Collection. 

 h. Adult : stuffed. Cuba. From Dr. Poey's Collection. 

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

 Collection. 



* 1. Pimelepterus dussumieri, Cuv. Sf Val. vii. p. 273; Cuv. Regime Anim. III. 

 Poiss. pi. 43. f. 1. — Bay of Bengal. 



2. Pimelepterus raynaldi, Cuv. ^ Val. vii. p. 274. — Simda Sea. 



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



4. Pimelepterus incisor, Cuv. S( Val. vii. p. 266 (not Valenc. in Webb ^~ 



Berth.). — Brazil. 



5. Pimelepterus indicus, Cuv. ^ Val. vii. p. 270 ; Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 86. — 



Japanese Sea. 

 G. Pimelepterus Irevifrons, Tschudi, Faun. Peruan. Ichthyol. p. 18. — Lima. 



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