1518.) NEW SPECIES OF FISHES. 225 



Sq^uATiNA. [Angels^ Dumcril.) 

 Gen. char. Spiracles. No anal tin. Month cloven at 

 the end of the snout; eyes on the dorsal face, not lateral. 

 Head round; pectorals, large, inclining forward, and only 

 separated from the neck by a chink, which contains the 

 Iiranchial apertures; the two dorsal behind the ventral 

 fins, and the caudal placed equally above and below the 

 column. Cuvier, Regne Animal. 



Sq^UATiNA DumeriL 

 Plate X. 



Head bordered on each side by a white membrane; 

 abdomen, throaty pectoral and anal fins marked by large 

 red spots; nostrils with a broad ciliated skin on each side, 

 us in the Barbel. 



Body flattened^ broad^ and elevated towards the pec- 

 torals; ?fijz7 attenuated and sharp -edged; /zea J wider than 

 long, obtuse, emarginated in front between the nostrils, 

 -depressed above and between the eyes; neck rather tumid 

 and distinct; eyes small^ yellowish green, pupil black, 

 spherical, orbit elevated and furnished with bkmt tuber- 

 cles — similar ones occur above the nostrils, between the 

 spiracles; the cheeks are flat, furnished with small mu- 

 cous pores, very distinct bet\veen the spiracles; nostrils 

 on the anterior edge, above the jaws, and between the 

 eyes, aperture vertical and covered by a broad membrane; 

 spiracles behind the eyes, wide, transverse; jaw protract- 

 ed, opening; teeth lanceolate, rather gibbose in front: 

 these are in six or seven distinct rows, having each five 

 teeth; branchial openings very near each other in front oi 

 the pectorals; tongue triangular, flat, not distinct, termi- 

 nated by a small fleshy, rounded appendage; pectorah 



