486 FISHES. ACANTHOPTERYGII. 



the pharynx ; an apparatus of complicated laminae at the base 

 of the branchiae. 



A. scandens, Cuv. (A. testudineus, Bloch, Perca scandens, Daldorf.) 

 Head short and covered with scales ; body brown, the fins of a 

 deeper colour ; ten spines in the anal fin. Inhabits Indian seas. 

 Block, pi. 322. 



Gen. 150. C<ESIO, Commerson. 



Body oblong ; upper jaw slightly protractile ; a row of small 

 pointed teeth in each jaw, and behind these minute and scarce- 

 ly perceptible teeth ; dorsal and anal fins scaly ; two long 

 scales at the side of the ventrals and one between them ; 

 seven branchial rays. 



C. azuror, Lacep. Back blue, and a longitudinal yellow band on the 

 sides ; belly silvery ; a spot of pure black at the base of each dor- 

 sal fin. 12 inches long. Inhabits Indian seas. Nouv. Diet. iv. 549- 



Gen. 151. BRAMA, Schn. 



Snout truncated, the mouth when shut directed upwards ; head 

 covered with scales ; teeth hooked, the external row largest, 

 dorsal and anal fins very scaly, rising in front and sloping to 

 the tail. 



B. Rail, Cuv. (Sparus Raii, Bloch.) Body silvery bluish, with 

 dusky back ; head sloping abruptly downwards. 15 inches long. 

 Inhabits Mediterranean sea. Block, pi. 273. 



2. Teeth in one regular row ; not like hairs or bristles. 

 Gen. 152. STROMATEUS, Lin. 



Body oval, flattened ; teeth very fine, edged, pointed, and in 

 one row ; no ventral fins. 



S. paru, Bloch. Body bright golden colour above, shading to sil- 

 very below ; fins long, white in the middle, and blue on the 

 margins. Inhabits S. American seas. Bloch, pi. 160. 



S. niger, Bloch. Body entirely of a blackish colour ; jaws equal. 

 Inhabits Indian seas Block, pi. 422. 



Gen. 153. FIATOLA, Cuv. Stromateus, Lin. 

 Body oval, compressed ; teeth very small, pointed, in one row ; 



scales very minute ; dorsal and anal spines concealed in the 



anterior margin of the fins. 

 F. subfasciata. Body silvery, with many longitudinal or waved spots 



of a golden yellow colour ; double lateral line ; lips red ; tail 



forked. Inhabits Mediterranean sea. Shaw, iv. pi. 17- 



Gen. 154. SESERINUS, Cuv. 



Body ovate, compressed ; teeth very small, pointed, in one row ; 

 scales minute ; first dorsal and anal spine bent forwards, and 

 two spines in place of ventral fins ; double lateral line. 



