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50. GlypMdodon limbatus. 

 Cm. 8f Val. V. p. 477. 



The spinous dorsal fin is scaly. Teeth slightly emarginate. Brown : 

 the soft dorsal and anal fins blackish ; the spinous dorsal with a broad 

 black margin. (Cuv.) 



Sea of Boxu'bon. 



II. Teeth in the upper jaw moveable. 



51. GlypMdodon chrysurus. 



Glyphisodon chrysurus, Cuv. (§- "'^al. v. p. 476. 

 Pomacentrus denegatus, Poey, Meiu. Cub. ii. p. 190. 



B. -^ A. ^- . L. lat. 28-29. L. transv. 3/10. 



15-10 13-14 ' 



The height of the body is one-half of the total length (the caudal 

 fin not included) ; the teeth in the upper jaw are very fine and 

 moveable, as in Salarias. Pra^orbital square, or rather wider than 

 long. Caudal fin forked. Brown: dorsal, anal and ventral fins 

 black, caudal yellow ; blue dots round the eyes and on the back. 



Caribbean Sea. 



a-e. Adult : skins. Caribbean Sea. From Dr. Parnell's Collection. 



( III. Three anal spines.) 



52. Glyphidodon nigros. 



Glj'phisodon nigi'oris, Cuv. ^ Val. v. p. 486. 

 T) ^^ A ^ 



Brownish: Hps black. (Cuv.) 

 Hah. ? 



This fish, perhaps, does not belong to the present groxip. 



7. PARMA. 



Glyphisodon, sp., Girard. 

 Hypsypops*, sp., Gill. 



Prseoperculum not denticulated. Teeth compressed, in a single 

 series. Dorsal fin with twelve or thirteen spines, anal with two. 

 Scales of moderate size, in more than thirty transverse series ; the 

 lateral line ceases below the posterior portion of the dorsal fin. 

 Pacific. 



1. Parma microlepis. 

 D. {|. A. l^. L. lat. 37. L. transv. 4/13. 

 The height of the body is two-fifths of the total length (the caudal 



* This genus is founded on characters entirely different from those of Parma, 

 and its limits agree so little with those of the latter, that it would cause only con- 

 fusion if I were to adopt the name. 



