526 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Subfamily VII.— BORIDIINiE. 

 XXX. BORIDIA. 



Boridia ("uv. A- Val.. v, 151, ISSO (f/roK.sirf«H»). 



Type : Boridia grossidens Ciiv. «fc A'al. 



Etyiiiologj": Uii('X])]aincd; i)()ssibly from fio^ and cl'loc. 



This j,^enus is based on a sinjile species once brought from Brazil, 

 but not seen by any recent collector. It is certainly very diftereut from 

 any other known lish. It resembles a A'cnichthys with the teeth of a 

 Calamus. Bleeker ])lace8 it near Hoplopnyrus^ which is certainly not 

 its natural position. 



ANALYSIS OF SPECIES OF HOIUDIA. 



a. Body rather elongate, covered with moderate scales, which are ranged in series 

 parallel with the lateral line; mouth small, the maxillary reaching front of 

 eye; teeth all hlimt and molar, in about three rows in each jaw, the front teeth 

 enlarged; eye rather large; preorhital very narrow; nostril small, near eye; 

 dorsal fin divided to base, the first and second spines very short, the third 

 longest, about f head ; soft dorsal and anal low ; second anal sjiine longer and 

 stronger than third, but still short; caudal well forked; pectorals quite short, 

 shorter than veutrals; soft fins scaleless; dejith about equal to length of head 

 and about 4 in body; 1). xi-i, 13; A. iii, 11; color nearly plain, scales dotted 

 with black. (Cm). .J- Val.) Grossidens, 131. 



131. BORIDIA GROSSIDENS. 



Boridia groamden 8 Cuv. A:, Val., v, 154, pi. 114, It^'SO (Brazil). 



Habitat: Coast of Brazil. 

 Etymology: GrofinuH, thick; dens, tooth. 



This species is known from Cuvier's description of a single indi- 

 vidual, 14 inches long, brought from Brazil by De Lalande. 



Subfamily VIII.— MiENINiE. 



XXXI. MiENA. 



Maenas Klein, 1749 (nonbinomial). 



Maena Cuvier, Rc^gue Animal, ed. ii, 1828 (mwna), 



Maena, Blocker, Systema Percarum Revisum, 1875, 273 (mcrna). 



Type : Sparus mwna Gmeliii. 



Etymology: imi-Aq^ an old name of some small fish. 



This genus is Aery closely related to the next, with which it is united 

 by Dr. Bleeker, the chief difference being in the presence of rudi- 

 mentary vomerin*' teeth in Ma^wi. Two species are commonly recog- 

 nized, besides two doubtful ones, Mwna vomerina Cuv. & Val. and Mwna 

 V/Sculum Cuv. & Val. All belong to the Mediterranean f^'Una, 



132. MiENA MiENA (Gmelin). 



133. MiUNA ZEBRA (Brunuicb), 



