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CLASS XIV. 



under tlie skin. Very small cirrus under the symphysis of jaw. 

 Dorsal fins contiguous. 



Sp. Grammistes orientalis Bloch, Cuv. et Val. Poiss. il. PI. 27, Guerin 

 Iconocjr., Poiss. PI. i, fig. i, from the Indian Ocean, dark brown with 

 three longitudinal stripes running throughout and three shorter white ; a 

 small fish. 



Centropomus Cuv. (spec, from genus Centropomus Lac). 



Huro Cuv. 



Dlphprion KuHL and V. Hass. Body high, compressed, 

 covered with small scales. Operculum with four spines, two 

 large; prajoperculum denticulate, margined with a rough line. 

 Dorsal fins contiguous. 



Sp. Diploprlon hifasciatum K. and V. H., Cuv. e< Val. Poiss. 11. PI. 21, 

 Guerin Iconocjr., Poiss. PI. 2, fig. 2, in the Indian Ocean and at Japan. 



Evoplostis Lac. Body compressed, high, with head concave, 

 declivous. Dorsal fins contiguous, high. Prfeoperculum serrate, 

 Avith two larger spines at the angle; operculum with two obtuse 

 points. Suborbital bone denticulate. 



Sp. Bnoplosus armatus, Chcetodon armatus Shaw, Cuv. et Val. Poiss. 11. 

 PI. 20, from the South Pacific. 



Perca Cuv. (with add. of Lates and Lahrax ejusd., species from 

 genus Perca L.). Body elongate. Dorsal fins contiguous. Cheeks 

 scaly. Operculum aculeate ; prfeoperculum denticulate. 



Lahrax Cuv. (not Pall.). Tongue rough with thin crowded teeth. 

 Cheeks and opercles scaly. 



Sp. Perca lahrax L., Lahrax lupus Cuv., Bloch Ichth. Tab. 202 (named 

 Scicena diacantha), Cuv. R. Ani., ed. ill., Poiss. PI. 7, fig. i; sea-perch, 

 the hasse, i' to 3' long, in the Mediterranean, and also, though more rare, 

 in the North Sea ; — Lahrax lineatm Cuv., Perca septentrionalis Bloch, Syst. 

 Ichth. Tab. 20, &c. 



Lates Cuv. Tongue smooth. Cheeks and opercles scaly. Bone 

 of humerus serrate above pectoral fins. 



Sp. Perca nilotica L., Lates niloticus Cuv., — Lates nohilis Cuv. et Val. Poiss. 

 II. PI. 13; in the Indian Sea, the mouths of the Ganges, &c. 



Perca Cuv. Tongue smooth. Opercles naked. Cheeks scaly. 



Sp. Perca fluviatilis L., Bloch Ichth. Tab. 52, Skandinav. Fishar, Tab. i. 

 fig. I ; the perch, de baars, der Barsch, la Perche, &c. In fresh water, 

 nearly throughout Europe and in some parts of Asia ; yellowish green, with 



