PISCES. 199 



Sp, Lucioperca sandra Cuv., Perca lucioperca L., Bloch Ichth. Tab. 51, 

 Cuv. et Val. Poiss. 11. PI. 15, Guerin Iconogr., Poiss. PI. 3, fig. 3 ; a well- 

 flavour ed fish from the rivers in the east and north of Europe, which may 

 attain a length of 3'. 



ChiIodij)te7'us Cuv. (species from genus Cheilodipterus Lac, 

 with add. of Aa^opoma Schleg.). Dorsal fins short, distant. 

 Operculum smooth, not aculeate, with margin smooth or with 

 angles plane, obtuse, covered with membrane. Scales large. Eyes 

 large. 



Sp. Chilodipterus ocfovittatus Gov., Chil. lineatus Lac. Poiss. iii. PI. 31, fig. 

 I ; — Chilod. arabicus Cuv. et Val. Poiss. 11. PI. 23, fig. i, &c. Fishes from 

 the Red Sea, the Indian Sea and South Pacific. 



{Acropoma Schl. Faun. Japan., Pise. Tab. 12, figs. 2, 3.) 



b) Maxillary teeth all thin. 



A])ogon\jkQ.,Amia(j'ROi^OY. (not L.). Pra3 operculum margined 

 by a crest, denticulate. Head large, with eyes large. Two dorsal 

 fins remote. Scales large, deciduous. 



Sp. Apogon rex MuUorum Cuv., Mullus imherbis L., Cuvier Mem. du Mm. 

 I. PI. XI. fig. 2, GUERIN Iconogr., Poiss. PI. 3, fig. i ; in the Mediterranean 

 Sea. There are also species of this genus in the Red Sea, the Indian 

 Sea, &c. 



Pomatomus E-ISSO (not Lac). Operculum emarginate at the 

 upper part ; praeoperculum striate. Eyes very large. Dorsal fins 

 distant. Scales large, deciduous. 



Sp. Pomatomus telescopium Risso, Cdv. et Val. Poiss. 11. PI. 24, Guerin 

 Iconogr., Poiss. PI. 3, fig. 2, in the Mediterranean Sea, rare. 



Amhassis COMMEES. 



Sub-genus Priopis Kuhl and V. Hass. ? Denticles above the 

 orbits. 



Aspro Cuv. Prseoperculum finely crenulate ; operculum ter- 

 minated by a spine. Snout obtuse, produced. Dorsal fins 

 distant. 



Sp. Aspiro vulgaris Cuv., Perca Asper L., Bloch Iclith. Tab. 107, figs, i, 2, 

 Guerin Iconogr., Poiss. PI. i, fig. 3 ; — Aspro zingel Cuv., Perca Zingel L., 

 in some rivers of middle Europe, the Danube, &c. Compare on these two 

 species the Penfas of Sch^pper already quoted at Acerina. 



Grammisles Aetedi, Cuv. (species from genus Gramm. Bl.). 

 Prajoperculum and operculum scaly. Scales very small, hidden 



