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PISCES. 



Acantholdbrus (Cuv.). Fore gill-cover toothed ; 

 six spines in the anal. 

 A. Couchii. 

 Yarrellii. 

 exoletus. Fig. 281 ; \n.s. 



Julis (Eisso). Cheeks and gill-covers without 

 scales; otherwise as Labrus. 



J. Mediterranea. Fig. 282 ; J n. s. 



FAMILY III. LOPHIAD^E. 



Body usually grotesque, without scales, irregu- 

 larly clouded or spotted ; head and gape very 

 large, furnished with spines and filaments ; wrist- 

 bones of pectorals external to the body, causing 

 these fins to resemble the fore-legs of a quadruped. 



