50 TABULAR SCHEME. 



No molar teeth 



Lateral line black and parallel to back 



Cantharus, 10. 



No canine teeth Pagdhis, 14-18. 

 Molar teeth and canine teeth Pagnis, 12, 13. 

 Dorsal spines more than 12 

 Tail forked Box, n. 

 Tail not forked 



Gill-covers spiny ; lips thin 



Dorsal rays under 13 Polyprion, 6. 

 Dorsal rays over 13 



Dorsal spines 15 ; body and fins orange red 



Sebastes, 19. 



Dorsal spines 10 or ii Strranus, 4, 5. 

 Gill-covers smooth or serrated, but without spines ; 



lips thick 

 Notch between dorsal spines and rays Ctenola- 



bms, no. 



No notch between dorsal spines and rays 

 Lateral line with less than 40 scale ^ Crcnlla- 



brus, 108, 109. 

 Lateral line with more than 40 scales Labrus, 



104-107. 



Anal with more than 3 spines 

 Lateral line with over 40 scales 



Scales on spines and rays Acantholabrus, in. 

 Lateral line with less than 40 scales 



No scales on spines and rays Centrolabrus, 112. 

 Ventrals abdominal 

 Barbules 6 



Erectile spine under eye Cobitis, 183. 

 No spine under eyeNemachilus, 184. 

 Barbules 4 



Dorsal with 22 rays Cyprinus, 169. 

 Dorsal with n rays Barbus, 172. 

 Barbules 2 



Anal 8 rays; ventrals 8 rays Gobio, 173. 

 Anal 9 rays ; ventrals 10 rays Tinea, 179. 

 No barbules 



Abdomen rounded throughout 

 Dorsal placed far back Esox, 185. 

 Dorsal placed midway 



Anal 5 to 7 rays Carassius, 170, 171. 

 Anal 8 to n rays Leuciscus-^ 174-178. 

 Abdomen rounded in front of ventrals and compressed 



behind them 



Dorsal with spine Abramis, 180, 181. 

 Dorsal without spine Alburnus, 182. 

 Abdomen compressed throughout 

 Upper jaw projecting Engrauiis, 189. 

 Upper jaw not projecting Clupea, 190-194. 



