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FISHES. 
Genus 30.—EPIBULUS. — Cuvier. 
Generic Character. —Mouth capable of great extension; each 
jaw furnished with two conical front teeth, and small pharyngeal 
ones •, body and head covered with scales, the lower row resting 
on the anal and caudal fins; lateral line interrupted. 
Genus 31.—GOMPHOSUS.— Lacepede. 
Generic Character. — Head smooth ; jaw produced into a 
tubular snout; front teeth large, conical; those on the pharynx 
obtuse ; body oblong. 
Genus 32. —NOVACULA.— Cuvier. 
Generic Character —Forehead nearly vertical; jaws with one 
row of conical teeth, middle ones longest; the palate provided 
with hemispherical teeth ; body covered with large scales ; lat¬ 
eral line interrupted. 
Genus 33. — CHROMIS.— Cuvier. 
Generic Character. —Lips long and fleshy; mouth protractile, 
with numerous thick set teeth, equal in both jaws and larynx; 
having filamentous vertical fins ; lateral line interrupted. 
Chromis Surinamensis. — The Surinam Gilt-Head. 
Plate LXXXI. fig. 1. 
Yellow, transversely spotted with red; each side with five 
large black spots; taisl lightly semilunar. Inhabits ths South 
American seas. 
Genus 34. — SCAR US.— Linnceus. 
Generic Character. —Lips fleshy; jaws convex, rounded, 
with scale-shaped teeth on their margins and anterior surface ; 
two pharyngeal plates, one above and another below, provided 
with laminar teeth ; lateral line interrupted, and one dorsal fin 
only. 
Scarus viridis. — The Green Scarus. 
Plate LXXXI. fig. 2. 
Yellowish or grass green; bordered with sea green; caudal 
fin straight. Twelve inches long. Inhabits the Chinese seas. 
