130 THE ORIENTAL GRAMISTES. 



seven in number, with a single one along the 

 back, and another along the belly. On the 

 opercles and cheeks they form a sort of network. 

 The fins are yellowish. In some specimens, the 

 number of lines varies ; and two or tliAje species 

 have, on that account, been made of them. These, 

 however, Cuvier, is inclined to consider as all 

 belonging to one, and cites a specimen having 

 seven lines on the one side and eight on the other. 

 In the internal structure it goes off from the 

 Perches we have yet seen, and approaches that of 

 some of the first divisions of the next section, 

 the 



