CHAP. XX.] FISHES. 433 



Family 29.— TEUTHIDID^. (1 Genus, 29 Species.) 



" Marine, herbivorous fishes, with compressed, oblong, small- 

 scaled bodies." 



Distribution. — Eastern tropical seas, from Bourbon and the 

 Red Sea to the Marianne and Eiji Islands. 



Family 30.— ACEONUEID^. (5 Genera, 64 Species.) 



" Marine, herbivorous fishes, with compressed, minutely-scaled 

 bodies." 



Distribution. — All tropical seas, but most abundant in the 

 Malay region, and extending to Japan and New Zealand. 



Family 31.— HOPLEGNATHID^. (1 Genus, 3 Species.) 



" Marine fishes, with compressed elevated bodies, covered with 

 very small toothed scales." 



Distribution. — Seas of Australia, China, and Japan, 



Family 82.— MALACANTHID^. (1 Genus, 3 Species.) 



" Marine fishes, with elongate bodies covered with very small 

 scales, and with very long dorsal and anal fins," 



Distribution. — Atlantic coasts of Tropical America, Mauritius, 

 and New Guinea. 



Family 33.— NANDID^. (6 Genera, 14 Species.) 



" Marine or fresh-water carnivorous fishes, with oblong, com- 

 pressed, scaly bodies." 



Distribution. — From the Eed Sea to the coasts of China 

 and Australia; and the fresh waters of the Neotropical and 

 Oriental regions, Badis, Nandus, and Catopra inhabit the 



