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16. Trichopus. Bodj/ compressed; ventral Jins with an 

 extremely long ^latnenf. 



17. Scarus. Jaws bony, divided in the middle, crenated on 



the edges ; teeth connate, and conglomerate. 



! 8. Sparus. Gilt-Head. Body compressed ; fore-teeth 

 sharp; grender^ flat ; gill-membrane fire rayed; gill- 

 covers scaly ; dorsal Jin extending the whole length of 

 the back ; tail forked* 



19. Gomphosus. Jazes lengthened Into a tubular snout; 



teeth small, the front ones longer. 



20. Labrus. Wrasse. Teeth conical, long ; one tubercu- 

 lated bone in the bottom of the throat, two aboTe, oppo- 

 site to the other ; dorsal Jin extending the whole length 

 of the back, with a slender skin extending beyond the 

 points of each ray ; tail rounded ; gill-covers scaly, 

 the membrane from four to six rayed. 



21. Ophicephalus. Head covered with dissimilar scales; 



body elongated. 



22. Lonchiurus. The ventral placed before the pectoral 

 Jins^ separate ; tail lanceolate ; head scaly. 



23. Scicena. Head covered with scales, which strongly ad- 



here ; teeth sharp, incur vated ; gill-membrane gene- 

 rally six rayed, the gill-covers scaly ; dorsal Jins tyroj 

 in some species concealed in a longitudinal cavity. 



