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points, except those of the breast and belly. 5| inches long 

 Block, pi. 299, fig. 2. 



Gen. 75. SANDRUS, Cuv. 



Head entirely destitute of scales; jaws armed with pointed and dis- 

 tant teeth ; preoperculi dentated, but operculi without spines. 



S. lucioperca. (Perca, Bloch.) Back round, with ten to twelve 

 brown transverse bands ; sides silvery, and belly white ; pectoral 

 fins yellowish, the others whitish ; dorsal fins of equal length. 1 

 to 3 feet long. Rivers and Lakes of Europe. Bloch, pi. 51. 



S. coro, Cuv. (Scicena, Bloch.) Body bluish-silvery, with brown- 

 ish back, and body marked on each side with eight transverse 

 brown bands ; tail slightly forked. 6 to 12 inches long. Inha- 

 bits South American seas. Block, pi. 307, fig- ! 



Gen. 76. TERAPON, Cuv. 



Body and head oblong ; snout obtuse ; scales small ; mouth 

 small, with a row of equal close-set teeth in each jaw, be- 

 hind which are others smaller and crowded ; preoperculi den- 

 tated, and the operculi spinous ; strong dentations at the 

 shoulder bone ; branchial membrane with six rays. 



T. servus, Cuv. (Holocentrus, Bloch.) Body silvery, with brown- 

 ish back, and four longitudinal black lines on each side ; caudal 

 fin brownish, forked, the two points black, and three bands of 

 the same colour in the middle. 5 inches long. From Japan. 

 Bloch, pi. 238, fig. 1 and 2. 



Gen. 77. APOGON, Lacep. 



Summit of the head elevated, two dorsal fins ; no cirri under 

 the lower jaw ; scales large and easily detached ; preoperculi 

 dentated ; teeth crowded. 



A. ruber, Lacep. (Mullus imberbis, Gmel.) Body of a fine red 

 colour ; mouth wide. Inhabits Mediterranean sea. Cuv. Reg. 

 An. ii. 296. 



A. radiatus, Cuv. (Ckeilodipterus, Lacep.) Nine spinous rays in the 

 dorsal fin ; tail lunated ; a large transverse band near the caudal 

 fin, and eight longitudinal bands on eath side.. Lacep. iii. pi. 34. 



Gen. 78. CINGLA, Cuv. 



Snout scaly, projecting ; scales rough ; teeth crowded; operculi 

 spinous ; preoperculi dentated ; two nearly equal dorsal fins. 



C. zingel, Cuv. (Perca, Bloch.) Body yellowish, with transverse 

 brown bands and spots ; belly white ; lateral line near the back, 

 straight. 14 to 16 inches long. The Danube Bloch, pi. 106. 



C. asper, Cuv. (Perca, Bloch.) Head large ; body elongated, and 

 covered with large hard scales ; colour yellowish, with three or 

 four transverse bands ; belly white. Inhabits Rivers of Europe. 

 Bloch, pi. 107. 

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