80 Stover's Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 



2. Glyphisodon chrysurus, Cuv. 



Chocolate-colored. Caudal fin yellow. Dorsal and anal fins almost covered with scales, 

 as in the true Squamipennes. At least fifty teeth in the lower, and nearly eighty teeth in the 

 upper jaw. 



D. 12-16. P. 18. V. 1-5. A. 2-13. C. 17. Length, 5i inches. 



Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Le Glyphysodon a queue d'or, Glyphisodon chrysurus, Cuv. et Val., v. p. 47G. 



GENUS XV. HELIASUS, Cuv. 

 Body ovate, compressed ; mouth small, no denticulations upon the preoper- 

 culum ; large scales ; teeth small and rounded. 



1. Heliasus insolatus, Cuv. 

 Grayish. Suborbitars circular and scaled. Eyes large. A narrow band of velvety teeth 

 in each jaw. Caudal emarginated. 

 D. 13-12. P. 17. V. 1-5. A. 2-12. C. 17. Length, 4 inches. 

 Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 

 Called, at Martinique, " Chauffe-soleil." 



L'Heliase chauffe soleil, Heliasus insolatus, Cuv. et Val., v. p. 494, pi. 137. 



FAMILY IV. SPARIDiE. 



This family is characterized by the opercular pieces being unarmed ; the 

 palate toothless ; the jaws not protractile ; scales large. Branchial rays not 

 exceeding six. 



GENUS I. SARGUS, Cuv. 



Trenchant incisors in front of the jaws, almost similar to those of man ; mo- 

 lars rounded. 



1. Sargus ovis, Mitchill. 



Elliptical. White, or obscure silvery, with a smutty daubing over the face and chin, a 

 greenish tinge above the brow, and six or seven dark bands or zones, of an inch or more in 

 breadth, regularly slanting from back to belly ; the latter a dull white, approaching in some 

 places and individuals to cream-color. Anal black, with ten soft rays. In front of each jaw, 

 six to eight quadrilateral incisors ; inside of these, above and beneath, two or three series of 

 numerous rounded, flattened, paved teeth. The form of the mouth, and a certain smutti- 

 ness of the face, have a distant resemblance to the physiognomy of the sheep. 



