448 FISHES. ACANTHOPTERYGII. 



lip extensible; branchial operculi without spines or dentations ; 

 lateral line interrupted opposite the dorsal fin ; terminating 

 scales of the tail advancing upon the base of the rays, 



C. trilobatus, Cuv. Body bluish brown, spotted with white, yellow 

 and reddish ; two lateral lines, and the caudal fin trilobed. About 

 a foot long. Inhabits Indian seas. Lacep. iii. pi. 31. fig. 3. 



C.fasciatuSjCuv. (SparusJasciatus,Bl.) Body broad, compressed, 

 yellowish, with six brown bands ; lateral line interrupted ; dor- 

 sal fin with nine spinous rays. Seas of Japan Block, pi. 257- 



Gen. 30. EPIBULUS, Cuv. Spams, Pall. 

 Body and head covered with large scales ; the last row advan- 

 cing on the anal and caudal fin ; mouth extremely extensible ; 

 two longer conical teeth before in each jaw, and smaller pha- 

 ryngeal ones ; lateral line interrupted. 



E. insidiator, Cuv. Snout elongated in form of a tube ; back red, 

 and the sides yellowish ; nine spinous rays in the dorsal fin ; tail 

 crescent-shaped. 12 inches long. Indian seas. Shaw, iv. 445. 



Gen. 31. GOMPHOSUS, Lacep. 



Body oblong ; head entirely smooth ; jaws prolonged into a 

 tubular snout ; teeth in front large, conical, those on the 

 pharynx blunt. 



G. cceruleus, Lacep. Body entirely blue ; lateral line bent, marked 

 with small streaks. 12 inches long. South seas. Shaw, iv. pi. 67- 



G. variegatus, Lacep. Body variegated with red, yellow, and blue. 

 Smaller than the preceding. South seas. Shaw, iv. pi. 67. 



Gen. 32. NOVACULA, Cuv. Coryphcena, Lin. 



Forehead almost vertical ; body covered with large scales ; la- 

 teral line interrupted ; jaws armed with a row of conical teeth, 

 of which the middle ones are longest, and the palate paved 

 with hemispherical ones. 



N. Rondeletii. (C. novacula, Lin.) Body carinated, reddish yel- 

 low ; head, jaws, and branchial membrane with numerous blue 

 lines ; anal and caudal fins variegated with green and yellowish 

 lines ; dorsal fin red, with scattered blue spots. 8 inches long. 

 Inhabits Mediterranean sea. Shaw, iv. 217- 



N. cosrulea, Cuv. Body deep, compressed vertically, of a uniform 

 blue colour ; tail crescent-shaped. 18 inches long. Inhabits Ame- 

 rican seas. Catesby, ii. pi. 18. 



N. pentadactyla, Cuv. Head much truncated; body brownish above, 

 silvery below ; dorsal fin bluish, bordered with yellow orange, 

 the nine first rays hard ; caudal, pectoral, and ventral fins orange, 

 with a violet border ; anal bluish j tail even. 1 2 inches long. In- 

 habits Indian seas Block, pi. 173. 



N. psittacus, Cuv. Head and body variegated with green, yellow, 



