94 FISHES. 



Centrarchus, Cuv., 



Have the characters of the Pomotis, numerous spines in the anal fin, 

 and, further, a group of teeth, dense as the pile on velvet, on the tongue*. 

 From America. 



Priacanthus, Cuv. 



The Priacanthes have the body oblong, compressed, completely covered, 

 as well as the entire head, and even both jaws, with small rough scales ; 

 the preoperculum dentated, and its salient angle spiniform, whilst it is 

 itself dentated. Found in the seas of hot climates p. 



DlJLES, Cuv. 



The Doules have the operculum, as in Centropristis, terminating in 

 spines; the preoperculum dentated, and the teeth dense as the pile on 

 velvet; but six rays to the branchial membrane J. 



D. rupestris, Cuv., a species nearly resembling a carp, and 

 esteemed for its taste, is found in the fresh waters of the isles of 

 Bourbon and the Mauritius, where it is much esteemed §. 



Therapon, Cuv. 



The Therapons have a preoperculum dentated, an operculum termi- 

 nated by a stout spine; a strongly emarginate dorsal fin between the 1 

 spinous and soft part : the teeth of the external row pointed and stronger 

 than the rest. In some, the teeth of the vomer fall out at an early pe- 

 riod. They inhabit the waters of India, and are remarkable for a natatory 

 bladder, divided into two compartments by a stricture ||. 



It is hardly possible to separate the Datnia from them, although they 

 want the palatine teeth; their profile is more rectilinear; their dorsal fin 

 less emarginate ^[. 



Pelates, Cuv. 



Have the same internal and opercular characters as the Therapons; but 

 their teeth are uniformly dense as the pile on velvet, and the dorsal but 

 slightly emarginate **. 



* Centrarchus ceneus, Cuv., or Cychla cenea, Lesueur, Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil.; — C. spa- 

 ro'ides, or Labre sparo'ide, Lacep. Ill, xxiv, 2;— Labre iris, Lac. IV, v, 3, which is 

 also his Labre macroptere, III, xxiv, 1. 



f Antldas macrophtalmus, Bl. 319, or Catatufa, Parra, XII, 1; — Anthins boops, BI. 

 Schn. 308; — Scicena hamruhr, Forsk. ; — Labrus cruentatus, Lacep. Ill, ii, 2, and the 

 other species described in our third volume. 



X Dules auriga, Cuv. et Val. Ill, li; — D. taniurus, lb. LIII, and the other species 

 described in the third volume. 



§ This is the Centropome de roche, Lacep. IV, 273. 



|1 Hidocentrus servus, Bl. 238, 1, or Scicena jerbna, Forsk.; — Hoi. 4-lineatus, BI. 

 238, 2;— Titer, puta, Cuv. Russel, pi. 126;— Ther. theraps, Cuv., Cuv. and Val. Ill, 

 liv, and the other species described in our third volume. 



^f Datnia Buchanan!, or Coins datnia, Buchanan, pi. ix, f. 29, and Cuv. and \al. 

 Ill, lv; — Dat. cancellata, lb. p. 144. 



** Pelates quinque-lineatus, Cuv. et Val. 111,56. 



