44 Storefs Synopsis of the Fishes of North .America. 



D. 11-11. P- (.') V (')■ A- 3-9. C (?) Length, 6 inches. 



Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Cuv. 



Le Brylle unicolor, Bryltus unicolore, Cuv. et Val., vii. p. 461. 

 " " Dekay's Report, p. 33. 



GENUS XVI. PRIACANTHUS, Cuv. 

 Have an oblong, compressed body, entirely covered, as well as the head 

 and jaws, with small rough scales. Fine teeth on both jaws ; no canines. 

 The lower angle of the preoperculum spinous. 



1. Priaeanthus macrophthalmus, Block. 



Oblong. Red. Its height equal to one third of its length ; length of the head equal to 

 its height. The angle of the preopercle, in the male, is prominent and sharp, and the whole 

 edge of the preopercle is notched ; in the female, the angle is obtuse, and the denticulations 

 are very fine. 



D. 10-14. P. 16. V. 1-5. A. 3-15. C. 17. Length, 10 or 12 inches. 



Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Anlhias macrophthalmus, Bloch, pi. 319. 



Catalufa, Parra, p. 20, pi. 12, fig. 1. 



Le Priacanthe a gros yeux, Priacanthus macrophthalmus, Bl., Cuv. et Val., hi. p. 07. 



GENUS XVII. DULES, Cuv. 

 tfix branchial rays. Teeth even. Operculum terminated in a spine. Pre- 

 operculum denticulated. 



1. Dules auriga, Cuv. 



Compressed, arched. Yellowish gray, with three or more dusky vertical bands. The 



third ray of the dorsal fin elongated into a filament. 



D. 10-13. P. 17. V. 1-5. A. 3-7. C. 17|. Length, 6 to 8 inches. 



New York, Dekay. 



Le Doules cocher, Dules auriga, Cuv. et Val., hi. p. 112, pi. 51. 



" " Wilson, Eucyclop. Brit., Art. Ichth., p. 1(19, pi. 298, fig. 7. 

 " " Dekay's Report, p. 34, pi. 19, fig. 54. 



GENUS XVIII. TRICHODON, Steller. 

 In which the preoperculum has strong spines, and the operculum is termi- 

 nated in a flat point. They have no scales ; their mouth is cleft almost ver- 

 tically. 



