454 FISHES. ACANTHOPTEEYGII. 



D. quinquelineatiis, Cuv. Body yellowish ; head and fins violet,, 

 shading to red, with five longitudinal blue lines on each side ; 

 tail lunated. 12 inches long. Japanese seas Block, pi. 259. 



Gen. 44. CIRRHITES, Lacepede. 



Seven rays in the branchial membrane, the last widely separat- 

 ed from the others ; preoperculum finely dentated ; inferior 

 rays of the pectoral fins thicker and longer than the others, 

 and free at their extremity. 



C. marmoratus, (Labrus marmoratus, Shaw.) Body almost entire- 

 ly covered with small dark spots, accompanied by larger whitish 

 ones, so as to appear marbled ; ten spinous rays in the dorsal fin. 

 Inhabits Indian seas. Shaw, iv. 509. 



C. pantherinus, Cuv. (Sparus pantherinus, Lacep.) Body gray, 

 with the head and abdomen speckled with unequal round black 

 spots. Inhabits Indian seas Shaw, iv. 456. 



Gen. 45. BODIANUS, Cuv. Bloch, Lacep. 

 Preoperculum without perceptible dentations ; operculum with 

 spines. 



* With one spine on the operculum. 



B. aya, Bloch. Body bright red above, shading to white on the 

 belly ; dorsal fin rounded at the tip ; tail lunated. 2 to 3 feet 

 long. Inhabits lakes in South America. Bloch, pi. 227- 



B. apua, Bloch. Body blood-red, silvery towards the abdomen, 

 strewed with black spots, of which those on the back are largest ; 

 fins rounded ; seven spinous rays in the dorsal fin. 12 to 14 in- 

 ches long. Inhabits South American seas. Bloch, pi. 229. 



* * With two spines on the operculum. 



B. argenteus, Bloch. Head long and narrow ; body silvery ; fins 

 tinged with yellow, pointed j 14 rays in the anal fin. 6 inches 

 long. Inhabits Mediterranean sea. Bloch, pi. 231, fig. 1. 



*** With three spines on the operculum. 



B. guttatus, Bloch. Body fleshy, brownish yellow; dorsal, ventral, 

 and anal fins with a violet border ; the whole fish sprinkled with 

 brown round spots, with a paler central point. 1 foot long. In- 

 habits Indian and American seas. Bloch, pi. 224. 



B. Bcenac, Bloch. Body circular, brownish, paler on the sides and 

 belly, with seven longitudinal brown bands ; head narrow and 

 pointed ; tail rounded. Japanese seas. Bloch, pi. 226. 



B. maculatus, Cuv. {Perca, Bloch.) Body elongated, whitish, with 

 red spots, and covered with silvery scales ; fourteen spinous rays 

 in the dorsal fin ; fins rounded. American seas. Bloch, pi. 313. 



Gen. 46. SERRANUS, Cuv. Epinephelus, Holocentrus, Bloch. 



Head scaly ; operculum with spines, and the preoperculum 

 with dentations ; jaws armed with small teeth, those in the 



