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Tills order contains tweuty-two genera. 



TRIBE I.— GADITES. 



I. Morrhna ; '?. Merlangus ; 3. Merluccius ; 4. Lota ; 5. Mustela ; 0. 

 Brosmus ; 7. Phycis ; 8. Raniceps ; 9. Lepidolcprus ; 10. Macrourus. 



TRIBE II. PLEURONESTES. 



II. Platessa; 12. Hippoglossus ; 13. Rhombus; 14 Solea ; 15. Moiiochi. 

 r\is ; 16. Achirus. 



TRIBE III DISCOBOLI. 



17. Lepadogaster ; 18. fiobiesox ; 19. Cyclopterus; 20. Liparis ; 21. 

 Eclieneisj 22. Ophicephalus : of which we have figured the following 

 species. 



Brosmus vulgaris.— The Torsk. Plate Iviii. fig. 2. Back and sides 

 yellowish-gray, softening into white on the abdomen ; head small, blackish- 

 brown ; tail rounded. Three feet long. Inhabits the North seas. 



Macrourus rupestris. — The Long-Tailed Macrourus. Plate Iviii. fig. 

 3. Silver-gray above, and nearly wliite beneath ; body tapering gradually 

 to a long and pointed tail. Three feet long. Inhabits the North seas. 



Platessa carnaria. — The Flesh-Coloured Fluke. Plate Iviii. fig. 4. Irides 

 orange, nictiating membrane green ; body smooth, covered with very small 

 smooth adherent scales, flesh-coloured, with regular deep rose-coloured dis. 

 tiuct spots ; under side smooth, convex, silvery-white. P'ive and a half 

 inches long. Inhabits the Frith of Forth. 



Gobiesox bimaculatus. — The Two-Spot-Sucker. Plate Iviii. fig. 5 

 Body taper, rose-coloured, with small white spots, and a black spot on 

 each side of the abdomen. Two inches long. Inhabits the European seas. 



Ci/dopterus lumpus.—T\\e Lump-Sucker. Plate Iviii. fig. 6. Described, 

 vol. iii. p. 520. 



Liparis Montagui. — The Diminutive Lump-Sucker. Plate Iviii. fig. 7. 

 Body brownish-purple above, and pale reddish-wliite beneath ; dorsal and 

 caudal fins separate. Two inches long. Inhabits the British seas. 



Echeneis Reinora.— The Remora. Plate Iviii. fig. 8, Umber-brown 

 above, paler below ; under jaw projecting beyond the upper one ; tail semi- 

 lunar. Eighteen inches long. Inhabits the Mediterranean. 



Ophicephahts ptincta/us. — The Punctated Ophicephalus. Plate Iviii. 

 fig. 0. Brownish-black above, paler beneath ; with numerous black dots ; 

 dmsal and abdominal fins long. Ten inches long. Inhabits the lakes of 

 India. 



ORDER VIIl.-MALACOPTERYGII APODES. 



Body lengthened, with a thick skin, and having no ventral fins. 



This order contains fifteen genera, namely : — 1. Aiiguilla ; 2. Conger ; 3, 

 Ophisurus ; 4. Muraena; 5. Sphagebranchus ; 6. Apterichthus ; 7. Synbran- 

 chus; 8. Alabes ; 9. Gymnotus ; 10. Carpus; 11. Steruaclnis ; 12 Lepto- 

 cephalus ; 13. Ophidiuni ; U. Fierasfer ; 15. .'Vmmodytes ; of which we 

 have figured the following species. 



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