CHAP, xx:] FISHES. 427 



Cantharus, Pagdlus, and Chrysophrys,ha,VG occurred on the 

 English Coast. Haplodactylus is confined to the West Coast of 

 South America, and Australia ; Sargus to the temperate and 

 warm parts of the Atlantic and the shores of East Africa; 

 Pagellus to the western coasts of Europe and Africa. 



The other large genera have a wider distribution. 



FAMILY 8. SQUAMIPENNES. (12 Genera, 124 Species.) 



"Carnivorous marine fishes, with compressed and elevated 

 bodies, and scaly vertical fins." 



DISTRIBUTION. The seas between the tropics, most abundant 

 in the Oriental and Australian regions, a few entering rivers or 

 extending beyond the tropics. 



The extensive genus Chcetodon (67 sp.), ranges from the Ked 

 Sea to the Sandwich Islands, and from Japan to Western Aus- 

 tralia, while two species are found in the West Indies. Holacan- 

 thus (36 sp.), has a similar distribution, one species only occurring 

 in the West Indies and on the coast of South America. Only 

 one genus (Pomacanthus), with a single species, is confined to 

 the West Atlantic. 



FAMILY 9. CIRRHITID^E. (8 Genera, 34 Species.) 



" Carnivorous marine fishes, with a compressed oblong body, 

 covered with cycloid scales." 



DISTRIBUTION. The tropical and south temperate waters of 

 the Indian and Pacific oceans, from Eastern Africa to Western 

 America. Absent from the Atlantic. 



FAMILY 10. TRIGLID^E. (50 Genera, 25^ v ? Species.) 



" Carnivorous, mostly marine fishes, with oblong compressed 

 or subcylindrical bodies, and wide cleft mouths. They live at 

 the bottom of the water." 



DISTRIBUTION. All seas, some entering fresh water, and a few 

 inhabiting exclusively the fresh waters of the Arctic regions. 



