FISHES. 
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covered with scales, but without dentations and spines ; lateral 
line nearly straight. 
Genus 26.—JULIS. — Cuvier. 
Generic Character. — Head smooth; lips thick and fleshy; 
with front maxillary teeth ; the pharyngeal ones blunt; body 
oblong; lateral line strongly curved towards the tail. 
Julis micolepidotus — The Micolepidotus Julis. 
Plate LXXX. fig. 8. 
Head and back of a yellow-bi’own ; sides and belly silvery; 
scales minute, covering the operculi; fins pale brown. Twelve 
inches long. 
Genus 27 .—CRENILABRUS.— Cuvier. 
Generic Character. — Cheeks and operculi provided with 
scales ; lips thick and fleshy; front teeth conical, somewhat acute; 
pharyngeal teeth blunt; margins of the pre-operculi dentated. 
Crenilabrus gibbus. — The Gibbous Wrasse. 
Plate LXXX. fig. 9. 
Back arcuated, carinated, sloping abruptly to the snout; sides 
spotted with blue and orange. Eight inches long. Inhabits the 
British seas. 
Genus 28. — CORICUS. — Cuvier. 
Generic Character. —Cheeks and operculi provided with scales; 
lips thick and fleshy; mouth protractile ; front teeth conical and 
pharyngeal; cheek teeth blunt; operculi dentated; body oblong. 
Genus 29. — CHEILINUS.— Lacepede. 
Generic Character. — Head covered with scales; front teeth 
conical, the pharyngeal ones blunt; upper lip extensible ; bran¬ 
chial operculi destitute of spines or dentations ; lateral line in¬ 
terrupted opposite the dorsal fin. 
Cheilinusfasciatus. — The Banded Gilt-Head ; 
, Plate LXXX. fig. 10. 
Body broad, compressed ; yellow, with six brown transverse 
fillets ; lateral line interrupted. 
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