Dr. A. Giinthcr's Synopsis of the Labroid Genera. 385 



thioides, Benn. = C. zosterophorus, Bleek. ; C. rufus, L.= C. 

 bodianus, Cuv. & Val., &c.) 



14. Clepticus, Cuv. & Val. The soft dorsal is enveloped in 

 scales ; teeth in the jaws very small ; no posterior canine 

 tooth. (C. genizara, Cuv. & Val.) 



** Nine dorsal spines ; lateral line not interrupted; cheeks and opercles 



scaly. 



15. Duym^erta, Bleek. Prreoperculum serrated; opercles and 

 cheeks with large scales ; teeth in the jaws in a single series. 

 D. ,-j-^r,. A. j. (D. aurigaria, Richards. ; D. (Ctenolabrus) 

 flagellifera, Cuv. & Val. ; D. (Cossyphus) filamentosa, Pet.; 

 D. enneacantha, Bleek. , Sec.) 



16. Labrichthvs, Bleek. (Labrus, sp., Cuv. &Val., Richards.; 

 Tautoga, sp., and Julis, sp., Richards.) Prseoperculum not 

 serrated; opercles scaly, cheeks more or less scaly; scales 

 large ; teeth in the jaws in a single series. D. f- { . A. f^- 

 (L. celidotus, Forst. = Labrus pcecilopleur us, Cuv. & Val. ; L. 

 rubiginosus, Schleg. ; L. (Labrus) laticlavius, Richards. ; L. 

 (Tautoga) luculentus, Richards.; L. cyanotcenius, Bleek.; L. 

 (Tautoga) tetricus, Richards., &c.) 



17. Labroides, Bleek. (Labrus, sp., Riipp. ; Cossyphus, sp., 

 Cuv. & Val.) Prreoperculum not serrated ; opercles and cheeks 

 scaly ; scales of moderate size ; teeth in the jaws minute, 

 forming a band; a pair of curved erect canines in each jaw*. 

 (//. dimidiaius, Cuv. & Val. ; L. xanthurus, Bleek. ; L. quadri- 

 lineatus, Riipp., &c.) 



*** Nine to eleven dorsal spines ; lateral line interrupted j cheeks and 

 opercles scaly. 



18. Cirrhilabrus, Schleg. (Cheilinoides, Bleek.)/ Eleven dor- 

 sal spines ; prceoperculum serrated ; teeth in several series an- 

 teriorly; scales on the cheek small, in several series. (C. Tem- 

 minckii, Bleek. ; C. cyanopleurus, Bleek. ; C. sohrensis, Bleek.) 



19. Doratonotus, Gthr. Nine dorsal spines; teeth in a single 

 series ; a posterior canine tooth ; the middle of the spinous 

 dorsal is strongly depressed; scales very largef. (D. mega- 

 lepis, Gthr.) 



20. Cheilinus, Cuv. Nine or ten dorsal spines ; teeth in a 



* The gill-membrane is attached to the isthmus in L. quadrilineatus; 

 this would be another important character for that genns, if it should be 

 found in the other species. 



f The specimen on which this genus has been founded is not in a good 

 state of preservation, and the scales on the head have been rubbed off, if 

 they were present. 



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