130 THE ORIENTAL CRAMISTES. 



seven in number, with a single one along the 

 back, and another along the belly. On the 

 opercles and cheeks they form a sort of network. 

 The fins are yellowish. In some specimens, the 

 number of lines varies ; and two or tliAje species 

 have, on that account, been made of them. These, 

 however, Cuvier, is inclined to consider as all 

 belonging to one, and cites a specimen having 

 seven lines on the one side and eight on the other. 

 In the internal structure >it goes off from the 

 Perches we have yet seen, and approaches that of 

 some of the first divisions of the next section, 

 the 



