1574 Bulletin //, United States National Museum. 



HARPING : 



g. Anterior canines strong ; lower pharyngeals large, with large, tubercular 

 teeth; spinous dorsal not enveloped in scales; lower jaw naked; 

 species mostly of large size and bright coloration, inhabiting semi- 

 tropical seas. 



h. Dorsal spines about 14, the 3 or 4 anterior falcate, produced in long 



streamers ; body deep and compressed, the anterior profile steep ; 



teeth uniserial; no posterior canine; cheeks and opercles scaly; 



bases of soft dorsal and anal scaly; soft parts of vertical fins 



produced; scales moderate (40). LACHNOLAIMUS, 630. 



hh. Dorsal spines 11 or 12 (rarely 13), none of them produced in filaments ; 



cheeks and opercles scaly; body oblong; the back not greatly 



elevated. 



i. Soft dorsal and anal fins each with a scaly sheath at base; scales 



large (about 32) ; posterior canine present. 

 j. Soft dorsal and anal elevated, produced behind. 



HABPE, 631, 



ii. Soft dorsal and anal without sheath of scales; preopercle ser- 

 rulate (at least in young) ; soft dorsal and anal more or less 

 falcate. 



k. Scales large, about 30; lower limb of preopercle scaly; 

 posterior canine present; anterior canines . 



DKCODON, 632. 



kk. Scales moderate or small, 45 to 60 ; both limbs of preoper- 



cle n;iked; adult male with a fleshy hump on the 



forehead ; caudal sub truncate, with the angles more 



or less produced. 



I. Posterior canines present ; anterior canines ; dorsal 



spines 12. 

 m. Scales small, about 60 in lateral line. 



PlMELOMETOPON, 633. 



CLEPTICIN^ : 



gg. Anterior teeth small, bluntish, not canine-like; no posterior canine; 

 mouth very small, terminal ; snout short and blunt ; dorsal and anal 

 enveloped in scales, except produced tips of both fins ; caudal deeply 

 forked; dorsal spines almost hidden by series of scales; head every- 

 where closely scaled, except on lips and snout ; scales of body large ; 

 preopercle serrulate; gill rakers slender, short; pectoral falcate; 

 lower pharyngeals very small, Y-shaped, their teeth small, very 

 blunt and coalescent ; vertebrae 10 -\- 17 27 ; dorsal spines 12. 



CLEPTICUS, 634. 



'. "V ertebrsB 23 to 26 ; dorsal spines 8 or 9 ; anterior canines strong, 2 to 4 on each 

 side in each jaw; head mostly naked; preopercle entire. Species of the 

 Tropics, mostly of small size and bright coloration. 



n. Lateral line complete and continuous. 



o. Snout not tubiform; preopercle entire; teeth uniserial ; none of the 



teeth chisel-shaped. 

 p. Cheeks and opercles naked. 



q. Scales large, 25 to 30 in the lateral line; anal spines 2 or 3. 

 r. Dorsal spines 9; dorsal enlarged, without scaly sheath; 



scales of breast not enlarged. 



s. Anterior canines all normal in position; lower 

 pharyngeals T-shaped, with numerous teeth; 

 anal spines 3. 



t. Posterior canine well developed on both sides; 



dorsal spines pungent ; anterior canines f . 



IKIDIO, 635. 



