456 FISHES. ACANTHOPTERYGII. 



S. gigas, Cuv. Body ovate, compressed, grayish, with brownish 

 clouds ; teeth sharp, and in several rows ; dorsal fin with eleven 

 spinous rays. 3 feet long. Mediterranean sea Shaw, iv. 560. 



S. anthias, Cuv. Head short, compressed j teeth very small ; body 

 fine red ; third ray of the dorsal fin long ; ventral fins very long ; 

 tail much forked. Inhabits Mediterranean sea Block, pi. 315. 

 Rondeletius conceives this fish to be the Anthias of the ancients. 



S. brunneus, Cuv. Body elongated, deep yellow, with brown spots 

 and bands ; fins yellow at the base, with black margins ; ten spi- 

 nous rays in the dorsal fin. Norwegian seas Block, pi. 328, fig. 2. 



S. merra, Cuv. Body elongated ; back brownish ; belly white, spot- 

 ted on all parts with brown subhexagonal spots ; fins transparent, 

 and spotted in the same manner. 12 inches long. Inhabits Ja- 

 panese seas. Skaw, iv. pi. 82. 



Gen. 47. PLECTROPOMUS, Cuv. Holocentrus, Bodianus, Bl. 

 Base of the operculi with large teeth or spines, directed forwards. 



P. calcarifer, Cuv. Head flattened above, compressed on the sides ; 

 back brownish, shading to violet ; body compressed and covered 

 with silvery scales, with yellow borders, each row being marked 

 by a longitudinal line ; anal and caudal fins rounded with brown 

 streaks. 12 inches long. Japanese seas. Block, pi. 244. 



P. maculatus, Cuv. Head thick and short ; body yellowish, with 

 blue oblong spots of unequal size ; seven spinous rays in the dor- 

 sal fin ; tail slightly lunated. 12 inches long. Inhabits Japa- 

 nese seas. Block, pi. 228. 



P. cyclostomus, Cuv. (Bodianus, Lacep.) Body with four or five 

 irregular transverse bands ; eight spinous rays in the dorsal fin ; 

 tail lunated Lacep. iii. pi. 20, fig. 3. 



5. Teeth small and crowded. 

 Gen. 48. CANTHARUS, Cuv. 



Numerous rows of small close-set teeth ; body oval ; mouth 

 narrow, snout slightly protractile ; destitute of spines or den- 

 tations on the operculi. 



C. vulgaris, Cuv. (Sparus Cantharus, Lin.) Body silvery gray, 

 striped longitudinally with yellowish ; teeth in the first row larg- 

 est ; those in the last blunt and rounded Block, pi. 270. 



C. brama, Cuv. (S. brama, Bloch.) Body broad and thin ; back 

 carinated, and belly round ; scales rough ; sides whitish golden ; 

 belly white ; back gray ; lateral line broad, with a row of black 

 points on each side. 12 inches long. Inhabits European seas. 

 Block, pi. 269. 



C. macropterus, Cuv. (Labrus, Lacep.) Rays of the dorsal and 

 anal fins long, and furnished with filaments ; tail lunated ; a black 

 spot at the posterior angle of the operculi. Inhabits Indian seas. 

 Lacep. iii. pi. 24, fig. 1. 



