PISCES. 193 



larger, conical teetli. Teeth in vomer and palate-bones. Brancliio- 

 stegoiis membrane with six rays. Pectoral fins rounded, ventrals 

 thick. Dorsal fin single, longitudinal. 



Sp. Phigidpes hrasilianus Cuv., Val. Poiss. iii. PI. 63 ; — Pinguipes chilensis 

 Cuv. P. Ani., ed. ill., Poiss. PI. 16, fig. i. 



PercopMs Cuv. Head scalj, acuminate, with lower jaw longer 

 than upper. Unequal teeth in jaws, palate-bones and vomer. Bran- 

 chiostegous membrane with seven rays. Dorsal fins two ; anal fin 

 and second dorsal fin long. Body cylindrical, elongate. 



Sp. Percophis hrasilianus Cuv. et Val. Poiss. iii. PL 64, Cuv. R. Ani., ed. 

 ill., Poiss. PL 16, fig. 1. 



ApJiritis Cuv., Val. 



Sp. Aphritis Urvilii Cuv., Val. Comp. Hist. nat. des Poiss. viil. Tab. 243, 

 pp. 483—485. 



C. Ventral fins thoracic. 



t Ventral fins with seven soft rays or more. 



Branchiostegous membrane loith eight rays. Eyes large. [Holo- 

 centrini nob.) 



Beryx Cuv. Teeth short, crowded in jaws, vomer and palate- 

 bones. Body high, short. Dorsal lin single, moderate. 



Sp. Beryx decadactylm Gx}\ ., GvEniN Iconogr., Pdss. PL viii. fig. 3; — Beryx 

 lineatus Cuv., Val. Poiss. in. PL 60. 



Hoplostetlms Cuv. 



Note. — Ls this its place? In the oi^inion of Cuvier this genus is to be 

 referred to the Aspidoparei. Vomer edentulous. Subventral shield of keeled 

 scales. Sp. Hoplostelhus mediterraneus Cuv. et Val. Poiss. PI. 97, bis. 



Myrip'istis Cuv. (witli add. of Holocentrum ejusd.). Teeth 

 thin, crowded in jaws, vomer and palate-bones. Body high, com- 

 pressed, covered with large, rough scales. Infi-aorbital and opercular 

 bones denticulate. Dorsal fins two, contiguous, sometimes conjoined ; 

 first long, with strong spines. 



RhyncMchthys Cuv. Snout prominent beyond mandibles, acumi- 

 nate. 



Sp. RhyncMchthys pelaniidis CVY. etYAL. Poiss. vn. PL 208. Here also is 

 to be referred Holocentrus Gbonovii Zoophylac. Tab. iv. fig. 3. 



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