130 PISCES. 



ous edge. It is a very numerous genus, whose species are found 

 throughout the hot parts of both oceans.(l) 



DiAGRAMMAj CuV. 



The cavity of the symphysis wanting, but the two small anterior 

 pores still remain,* besides which, there are two larger ones beneath 

 each branch. In every thing else, the jaws, opercula and fins are 

 like those of Pristipoma. They are found in both oceans: those of 

 the Atlantic have the largest scales. (2) 



Those of India are the most numerous and have smaller scales, a 

 more convex front and a very short muzzle.(3) 



The Scienoides with a single dorsal and less than seven 

 branchial rays, are still more subdivided : in some of them 

 the lateral line extends to the caudal ; in others it is inter- 

 rupted. Among the former we place the following genera: 



LoBOTEs, Cuv. 

 A short muzzle; lower jaw prominent; body elevated; the posterior 

 angle of its dorsal and anal so elongated, that with the rounded cau- 

 dal, it appears to terminate in three lobes. Four groups of extremely 

 small points are visible near the end of the jaw; they inhabit both 

 oceans. (4) 



Cheilodactylus, Lacep. 



Body oblong; mouth, small; numerous spiny rays in the dorsal; 



(1) Pr. hasta, Cuv., Lutjanus hasta, BI., 246, 1; — Fr. nageb., Cuv.; Scisena 

 7iageb, Fovs]!:, ov Lubrc Commersonien, Lacep., IIT, xxiii, 1; and lAitjan microstome, 

 lb., XXXIV, 2; — Pr. guoraca, Cuv., Russcl, 132, or Perca grunniens, Forsk., or 

 Anthias grunniens, Bl., Schn., p. 305; — Pr. Paikulli, Cuv., Russel, 121; — Pr. 

 caripa, Id., 124, of which the JlntJi. maculatus, BL, 326, 2, appears lobe a vari- 

 ety; — Pr. coro, Cuv., Seb., Ill, xxvii, 14, or Sciasna coro, Bl., 307, 2; — Luff, suri- 

 nameiwis, Bl., 253; — Spams virginicus, L, of which Perca juba, Bl. 308, 2; and 

 Sparas vittatus, Bl., 263, are the young; — Coins nandus, Buchan, XXX, 32. 



(2) We know but one of them, of which the Luijanus luteus, Bl. 247, appears 

 to be a bad figure. 



(3) It is to them that the PLECTORTNauE, Lacep., I, xiii, 2, must be refeiTed. 

 Add the Scisena gaterina, Forsk.; — Sc. shotaf, Id.; — Diugr. lineatum, Cuv., or 

 Perca diagramma, L., Seb., Ill, xxvii, 18, or Anthias diagramma, BL, 320; — 

 Diag. psccilopterum, Cuv., Seb., Ill, xxvii, 17; — D. ptcturn, Cuv., Seb. Ill, xxvi, 

 32, or Perca picta, Thunb. New Stockh. Mem., XIII, v; — D. pertusum, or Perca 

 pertusa. Id., lb., XIV, vii, 1. 



(4) Holocentrus surinamensis, BL, 243, or Bodianus triurus, Mitch. Ill, f. 10, 

 and new species. 



