Dr. A. Gunther's Si/nopsis of the Labroid Genera. 386 



thioides, Benn. = C. zoster ophorm, Bleek. ; C. ru/us, L. = C 

 bodianiis, Cuv. & Val., &c.) 



14. Clepticus, Cuv. & Val. The soft dorsal is enveloped ia 

 scales; teeth iu the jaws very small; no posterior canine 

 tooth. (C genizarttf Cuv. & Val.) 



** Nine dorsal spines ; lateral line not interrupted; cheeks and opercles 



scaly. 



15. DuYM^RiA, Bleek. Prseoperculum serrated; opei'cles and 

 cheeks with large scales ; teeth in the jaws in a single series. 

 D. ^2* ■^^- 1"- (-^- aurigcuia, Richards.; D. {Ctenolabrus) 

 flagellifera, Cuv. & Val. ; D. [Cossyphus) filamentosa, Pet. ; 

 D. enneacantJia, Bleek., &c.) 



16. Labrichthys, Bleek. [Labrus, sp., Cuv. &Val., Richards.; 

 Tautoga, sp., and Julis, sp., Richards.) Pi*seoperculuni not 

 serrated; opercles scaly, cheeks more or less scaly; scales 

 large ; teeth in the jaws in a single series. D. ^. A.. ^« 

 {L. celidotus, Yorst.= Labrus poecilopleuriis, Cuv. & Val. ; L. 

 rubiginosus, Schleg. ; L. [Labrus) laticlaviiis, Richards. ; L. 

 [Tautoga] luculentus, Richards.; L. ci/anotcenius, Bleek.; L. 

 [Tautoga] tetricus, Richards., &c.) 



17. Labroides, Bleek. [Labrus, sp., Riipp. ; Cossyphus, sp., 

 Cuv. & Val.) Pi-seoperculum not serrated ; opercles and cheeks 

 scaly; scales of moderate size; teeth in the jaws minute, 

 forming a band; a pair of curved erect canines in each jaw*. 

 [Ij. dimidiatus, Cuv. & Val. ; L. xanthums, Bleek. ; L. quadri- 

 lineatus, Riipp., &c.) 



*** Nine to eleven dorsal spines; lateral line interrupted ; cheeks and 

 opercles scaly. 



18. CiRRHiLABRUS, Schleg. [Cheilinoides, Bleek.) Eleven dor- 

 sal spines ; pi*seoperculum serrated ; teeth in several series an- 

 teriorly ; scales on the cheek small, in several series. [C. Tem- 

 minckii, Bleek. ; C cyanopleurus, Bleek. ; C. solorensis, Bleek.) 



19. DoRAToxoTUs, Gthr. Nine dorsal spines ; teeth in a single 

 series ; a posterior canine tooth ; the middle of the spinous 

 dorsal is strongly depressed; scales very large f. [D. mega- 

 lepis, Gthr.) 



20. Cheilixus, Cuv. Nine or ten dorsal spines; teeth in a 



* The gill-membrane is attached to the isthmus in L. qnadrilineatus ; 

 this would be another important character for that genus, if it should be 

 found in the other species. 



t The specimen on which this genus has been founded is not in a good 

 state of {)reservation, and the scales on the head have been rubbed oflF, if 

 they were present. 



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