194 CLASS XIV. 



Myripristis Cuv. Snout not produced. Prseoperculum denticu- 

 late on the margin and on a crest parallel to the margin, destitute 

 of spine. 



Sp. Myripristis Jacobus Cuv., DESMAREST Diet, class. d?Hist. not., Atlas, 

 1831, PI. 95, from the West Indies; other species from the Eastern 

 hemisphere, the Red Sea, the Indian and Sea of Japan, as Myripristis 

 seychellensis Cuv., GU&RIN Iconogr., Poiss. PI. 8, fig. i, &c. 



Holocentrwm ARTEDI, Cuv. Snout not produced. Prseoperculum 

 denticulate at the margin and armed with a strong scabrous spine 

 pointing backwards. 



Sp. Holocentrum longipinne Cuv., Bodianus pentacanthus, Scicena rubra and 

 Holocentrus sogho BLOCH, Ichth. Tab. 232 ; in the West Indies and on the 

 coast of Brasil. The species are more numerous from the warm regions of 

 the eastern hemisphere, as Holocentrum orientate Cuv., SEBA TJies. in. 

 Tab. 27, fig. 3, from the Indian Ocean, from the Island of Mauritius to the 

 Moluccan Archipelago, Holocentrum leo Cuv. R. Ani., 6d. HI., Poiss. PI. 14, 

 fig. i, from the Indian Ocean and Southern Pacific, Hoi. Sammara Cuv., 

 Labrus angulosus LAC. Poiss. in. PI. 22, fig. i, from the Red Sea and the 

 Indian Ocean, &c. 



Fossil species from the division of the Holocentrini are more numerous 

 than from the proper Percce and Serrani. Besides extinct genera, different 

 species of Beryx occur in the chalk formation in England and Germany ; 

 of Holocentrum and Myripristis fossil species are known from the tertiary 

 period, from Monte Bolca. Compare AGASSIZ Pom. foss. iv. 



ft Ventral fins with five soft rays. 

 * Branchiostegous membrane with six rays or fewer. 



Cirrites COMMERS. Some larger conical teeth in jaws interposed 

 with thin, crowded teeth ; teeth in vomer crowded, in palate-bones 

 none. Bays of branchiostegous membrane five or six. Dorsal fin 

 single, longitudinal. Inferior rays of pectoral fins undivided, pro- 

 duced at the point beyond the membrane. 



Sp. Cirrites maculatus LAC., Cuv. Labrus marmoralus LAC. Poiss. in. PL 5, 

 fig. 3 ; Cirrites arcatus Cuv. R. Ani., 3d. ill., Poiss. PI. 10, fig. 2, &c. 

 Fishes from the Red Sea, the Indian Sea and Southern Pacific. 



Therapon Cuv., nob. (with add. of Datnia, Pelates, Helotes, 

 Dules Cuv.). Teeth in jaws crowded, thin, sometimes larger 

 in outer row. Palatine teeth sometimes none. Branchiostegous 

 membrane with six rays. Operculum spinose; praeoperculum den- 

 ticulate. Dorsal fin single, longitudinal ; spines strong, the poste- 

 rior less than the first soft rays. 



