FISHES. 
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Curanx ruber .— The Red Macxrel. 
Plate LXXXII. fig. 3. 
Rosy-red, with the sides and abdomen silvery; tail deeply 
forked. Fourteen inches long. Inhabits the Indian and Ame¬ 
rican seas. 
Genus 104.—CITULA.— Cuvier. 
Generic Character. — First rows of the dorsal and anal fins 
elongated ; pectoral fins lengthened; a small fin with two spines, 
placed before the anal one ; lateral line formed by a row of im¬ 
bricated scales. 
Genus 105. — SERI OLA. — Cuvier. 
Generic Character. — Pectoral fins long and pointed; a small 
two-spined fin placed before the anal one; lateral line with very 
small imbricated scales, so depressed as hardly to form a ridge. 
Genus 106.—NOME US. — Cuvier . 
Generic Character. —Body broad, with small scales; ventral 
fins very large and broad, attached to the abdomen by their in¬ 
ternal margin; a small two-spined fin before the anal one. 
Genus 107. — SELENE. — Lacepede. 
Generic Character .—Forehead nearly vertical, and margined; 
jaws with minute teeth on their edges; body greatly compressed, 
of a pentagonal or tetragonal shape, as broad as it is deep; scales 
excessively minute and indistinct; two dorsal fins, with one or 
two spines between them; first ray of the dorsal fin falcate, pro¬ 
longed beyond the tip of the tail. 
Genus 108.—GALL US.— Lacepede. 
Generic Character. —Head compressed; both jaws provided 
with teeth; upper lip provided with a transverse vertical mem¬ 
brane below; two dorsal fins with spines along each side; seve¬ 
ral of the rays furnished with long filaments ; ventral fins long. 
Genus 109.—ARGYREIOSUS. — Lacepede. 
Generic Character .—Body greatly compressed; ventral tins 
elongated; one dorsal fin subdivided, the second falcate; spines 
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