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Subfamily v.— DENTICINiE. 



XX. DENTEX. 



Dentex Cuvier, Ref^no Animal, ed. i, 1817, 273 {dentex). 

 Polysteganus KliiuzLiii^er, Fisclie des Rotlunx Meercs, 1S70, 703 {nnfar). 

 Synagris lileeker, Sytstcnia rcrcaiuiii lievisum, 1875, 278 {dentex; after Synagris 

 Klein, not Synagris Giinther.) 



Type: Spams dentex Linniieus. 

 Etymology: Dens, tooth; dentex, with large teeth. 

 This geiuis contains numerous species found on the coast of the Old 

 World, none of them in America. The species found in Europe are: 



89. DENTEX MACROPHTHALMUS (Bloch). (Goggle eye; Cachucho.) 



Mediterranean Sea and neighboring waters. 



90. DENTEX DENTEX (Linnieus). (Dentao; Deuton.) Shores of southern 



Eurojie and northern Africa; common. 



91. DENTEX MAROCCANUS (Cuv. &Val.). Southern Spain .and Morocco. 



92. DENTEX FILOSUS (Valenciennes). Algiers and southward; not yet 



recorded from the European side of the Mediterranean. 



XXI. NEMIPTERUS. 



Nemipterus Swainson^Nat. Hist. Fishes, etc., ii, 1839, 223 {filameniosus). 

 Synagris Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., i, 1859, 373 {ftu-catsua ; wot Synagris Bleeker). 

 Dentex Bleeker, Systema Percarum Revisuiu, 1875, 278 (fihiincntosus). 



Type: Dentex furcosKs Cuv. & Val. 



Etymology: vrjp.a, thread; Tzrepov, fin. 



This genus contains some twenty species, very closely allied to the 

 species of Dentex, from Avhich genus it is not quite certain how they 

 should be separated. All are Asiatic, except one, which is very imper- 

 fectly known and may be a true Dentex. The name Nemipterus has 

 priority over Synagris for this group. 



ANALYSIS OF AMERICAN SPECIES OK NEMIPTERUS. 



a. First dorsal spine, upper lobe of caudal, and first r.ay of ventral produced in long 

 iilameuts; depth, 3^ in total length, with caudal; head, 4; D. x, 9; A. ill, 7; 

 color red. ( Cuv. cj- Ful. ) Macronemus, 93. 



93. NEMIPTERUS MACRONEMUS. 



Dentex filameniosus Cuv, & Val., vi, 254, pi. 155, 1830 (Surinam; not Caniharus fila- 



mentosus Riippcll, also a Nemipterus). 

 Syyiagris macronemus Giinther, i, 380 (after Cuvier). 



Habitat: Surinam. 



Etymology: fiaxf)('>q, long; >/?>«, thread. 



This species is known only from the description of the original type, 

 a young specimen said to have been sent by Diepering from iSuriuam, 



