3 24 SCIAENA. 



Genus XXXVII. ScLena, 



JHE fiHies of this genus are wholly exotic ; and are 

 chara6lerifed by an oval, comprelTed and carinated body : 

 The fcales are very minute, fmooth, and towards the 

 back, and belly raifed and loofe. The jaws are of un- 

 equal length, furniflied with a great number of fliarp, in- 

 curvated teeth, that are covered by tvvo thick lips. They 

 have a fingle dorial and anal fin, with a loofe appendage 

 beyond the rays : The ventral fins are placed on the 

 thorax, a little behind the pedloral, and are fliarpened at 

 the point *. A great part of the filhes belonging to this 

 genus are black, and obtained the naifles of fea-crows, ra- 

 vens, and umbres, from the old naturalifts. Some of 

 them are peculiar to the Brazr/ian coafts, where they ars 

 diftinguiftied by the original Lidian names. 



I'he Sea-Cf'ow f. 



± HIS fpecies is of a black colour, in fliape refembling a 

 perch ; the ventral and anal fins are black, as if dyed 

 with ink ; the back variegated with undulating lines, of 



dark 



* Guan. Hift. pifc. p. 140. f Coracinus, Rond. Umbra, Salvians. 



