LECTURE Vltf. 65 



Ocutis sinistris. It is owing to a want of attention 

 to this circumstance that so many errors have 

 crept into works of natural history, relative to the 

 Fishes of this genus ; for if the engraver is not 

 careful to reverse the drawing, it will give the spe- 

 cies in a wrong division of the genus. I cannot 

 acquit the artists employed in my own works of 

 some inattention in this respect. Of the species 

 with the eyes to the right the common Flounder 

 furnishes a good example, and of those with eyes 

 to the left the Turbot. 



The numerous genus Chatodon is remarkable 

 for the peculiar elegance and variety of its co- 

 lours in the different species, which are often dis- 

 posed in the form of bands or zones, either trans- 

 verse or longitudinal. Most of these Fishes are 

 nativ/es of the Indian and American seas. Their 

 teeth are small, very numerous, close-set, arid 

 resemble so many bristles. 



Another genus, greatly allied to Chnstodon, 

 and one intermixed with it, differs in, having 

 strong and broad teeth, and a very strong upright 

 spine on each side the base of the tail. It is a 

 lately instituted genus, and is called Accinthurus, 

 or Thorn-Tail, 



LECT. II. F 



