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2. Batrachus variegatus, Lesveur. 
Second dorsal distinct and with twenty-one rays. Laciniated processes on the jaws, 
eyes, and opercles. 
D. (?). P. (?). V.(?). A. (?)- C.(?). Length, 54 inches. 
New Jersey, Lesveur. 
Batrachoides variegatus, Lesveur, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc., 111. p. 398. 
Le Batrachoide varié, Batrachus variegatus, Cuv. et VAL., xu. p. 484. 
Batrachus variegatus, DeKay’s Report, p. 171. 
3. Batrachus celatus, DrexKay. 
Head dark olive-brown. Body, on the side, greenish, pale-colored, with irregular dusky- 
brown transverse bars, which are frequently extended through the vertical fins. Dorsal fins 
separate. Opercle with two spines. 
Di3=28. Pits, Ves. AL23- ©. 15. Leneth; 1 inch. 
New York, Dexay. 
Batrachus celatus, Two-spined Toad-fish, Dekay’s Report, p. 170, pl. 50, fig. 161. 
Dr. Dekay, whose species this is, says, in his description of the preceding species, that he 
is doubtful whether that and this are not identical. 
FAMILY XIV. LABRIDZA. 
Body oblong and scaly ; a single dorsal is supported in front by spines, 
each of which is generally furnished with a membranous appendage ; the jaws 
are covered with fleshy lips ; there are three pharyngeals, two upper ones at- 
tached to the cranium, and a large lower one, all three armed with teeth, 
sometimes en pavé, sometimes in points or lamine, but generally stronger than 
usual ; an intestinal canal without cceca, or with two very small ones, and 
a strong natatory bladder. 
GENUS I. COSSYPHUS, Vat. 
Maxillaries large ; back of the external row of pointed teeth, there are 
some small, compact granulations. Opercles generally more scaly than in the 
genus Labrus. he vertical fins are covered at their base by scales, which are 
raised or depressed with the rays, and which conceal the rays when they are 
closed. But they do not form a deep groove, similar to that of the Perches. 
In most species, deep denticulations upon preopercle. 
