180 CLASS XIV. 



Sp, Scicena chromis Lac, Pogonias chromis Cuv., Labrus chromis L., Scicena 

 gigas and Scicena fusca Mitch, (according to Cuv.), Cuv. R. Ani., ed. ill., 

 Poiss., PL 29, fig. I ; — Pogonias fasciatus Lac, Poiss. II. PL 16, fig. 2, 

 Cuv. e* Val. Poiss. v. PL 118. The fishes that belong to the sub-genus 

 Pogonias often accompany ships and then produce a loud sound. Hence 

 the name drum, which the North-Americans have given to them. 



Lonclmrus Bl. (excl. of some species), Cuv. Two cirri under tlie 

 jaw. Teeth thin, crowded in both jaws. 



Sp. Lonchurus barbatus Bloch, Ichth. Tab. 359. 



Umhrina Cuv. Single cirrus under the symphysis of lower jaw. 

 Teeth thin, mostly equal, crowded in a broad belt. Upper jaw 

 obtuse, longer than lower. 



Sp. Scicena cirrosa L., Umbrina vulgaris Cuv., Bloch Ichth. Tab. 300, Cuv. 

 Jl. Ani., ed. ill., Poiss. PL 28, fig. 3, in the Medit. Sea, &c. 



b) Loiverjaw 2vithout cirrus. 



Corvina Cuv. Second spine of anal fin large, thick. Teeth 

 crowded, often larger in the outer row. 



Sp. Scicena nigra Gmel., Corvina nigra Cuv., Bloch Ichth. Tab. 297, Cuv. 

 R. Ani., ed. ill., Poiss. PL 28, fig. i ; in the Medit. Sea. There are many 

 exotic species ; in the Indian species the second spine of the anal fin is 

 generally shorter ; they form in part the genus Johnius Bloch. The sub- 

 genus Lejoipferus Cuv. (Sp. Lepipterus Francisci Cuv., Val. Poiss. v. PL 

 113) has a very elongate fonn and scales on the second dorsal and the 

 caudal fins. According to T. T. Reinhaedt this sub-genus is identical 

 with Pachyurus Agassiz, a name to be preferred from its priority. 



Otolitus Cuv. (and Ancylodon ejusd.). Teeth conical, unequal, 

 in the anterior row few, small or very small, the posterior teeth 

 crowded, in the middle of each jaw. The two middle upper teeth 

 long, tearing. 



Sp. Otoliihus maculattis Kuhl and V. Hasselt, Cuv. R. Ani., ed. ill., Poiss. 

 PL 27, fig. 2, in the Indian sea; Bleeker has recently made known three 

 new species of this division, from the Sunda-Moluccan Archipelago. 



Scicena ancylodon, Ancylodon jacuUdens, Lonchurus ancylodon Bloch, 

 Syst. Ichih. Tab. 25, from Surinam. 



Scicena Cuv. Teeth conical, subincurved, distant, in a single 

 row in both jaws; others very small behind the former in upper 

 jaw, in the lower jaw interposed between the larger in the same 

 row. Anal fin with a single, slender pungent ray, or with two very 

 short. 



Sp, Scicena aquila Cuv., Scicena umbra L. (in part), Bonap., Cuv. Mem. du 

 Mus. I. pp. I — 21, PL I, fig. I, R. Ani., ed. ill., Poiss. PI. 27, fig. i. 



