CICHLA. FISHES. 457 



C. sparoides, Cuv. (Labrus, Lacep.) Body as deep as long, co- 

 vered with irregular lunated spots on each side ; a concavity above 

 the eyes ; tail rounded. Indian seas. Lacep. iii. pi. 24, fig. 2. 



C. centrodontus, Cuv. (Sparus, Laroche.) Body elevated, gray, 

 with an irregular black spot at the commencement of the lateral 

 line ; teeth subulate ; tail forked. 18 inches long. Inhabits 

 Mediterranean sea. An. Mus. xiii. pi. 23, fig. 11. 



Gen. 49. CICHLA, Schn. Labrus, Lacepede. 



Body ovate ; mouth wide, protractile ; teeth numerous, small 



and crowded ; operculi destitute of spines and dentations. 



C.furcata, Cuv. With nine spinous and ten articulated rays in 

 the dorsal fin ; last ray of the dorsal and anal fins very long j two 

 pointed and prolonged lobes in the caudal fin. Inhabits Indian 

 seas. Lacep. iii. pi. 21, fig. 1. 



C. hololepidota, Cuv. With eleven spinous and twenty-seven ar- 

 ticulated rays in the dorsal fin ; two spinous and ten articulat- 

 ed rays in the anal fin j tail rounded. Inhabits Indian seas. 

 Lacep. iii. pi. 21, fig. 2. 



Gen 50. PRISTOPOMUS, Cuv. Lutianus, Bloch. 



Body compressed, deep ; mouth small ; teeth numerous, small, 

 crowded ; margin of the preoperculum dentated ; scales large. 



P. hasta, Cuv. Head yellowish brown ; sides compressed, yellow- 

 ish above the lateral line, grayish silvery below it, with nume- 

 rous cinereous spots, forming irregular lines ; pectoral, ventral, 

 and caudal fins red, the others bluish, inclining to yellow; twelve 

 spinous rays in the dorsal fin ; tail truncated. Inhabits Japanese 

 seas Bloch, pi. 246, fig. 1. 



P. luteus, Cuv. Body broad and thin, silvery, with longitudinal 

 lines of golden colour ; fins yellow ; tail forked. Inhabits Ame- 

 rican seas Blochj pi. 247. 



P. Surinamensis, Cuv. Body broad before, tapering posteriorly, 

 reddish, with stripes and spots of a deep gray ; fins blue, round- 

 ed, the tail fin red above. South American seas Bloch, pi. 253. 



P. Virginians, Cuv. Body marked by numerous blue parallel lon- 

 gitudinal streaks, with two black transverse bands ; tail bilobate 

 and obtuse. Inhabits American seas Shaw, iv. 436. 



Gen. 51. SCOLOPSIS, Cuv. 



Body compressed and deep ; mouth small ; teeth numerous, 

 small, crowded ; margin of the preoperculum dentated ; scales 

 large ; the suborbitary bone dentated and spinous behind. 



This genus was instituted by Cuvier for the reception of the species Kurite and 

 Sotche of Russell. Coroman. ii. pi. 105, 106. 



Gen. 52. DIAGRAMMA, Cuv. Anthias, Bloch. 

 Body oblong ; head rounded ; mouth slightly cleft; teeth small, 



