CLASS IV. ORDER IIt. 83 
Urawnoscopvs, (star-gazer,) head large, depres- 
sed, rough ; mouth furnished with an internal cir- 
rus 5 gill- covers edged by a ciliated coe der; gill- 
membrane 5-rayed. 
TrACHINUS,(weever, prickle- wack) head slight - 
ly roughened, compressed ; gill-membrane 6-ray- 
ed ; gill- covers serrated on the edge ; body com- 
pressed ; vent situated near the brdast 
Ganpus, (cod-fish, haddock,) head smooth ; gill- 
membrane 7-rayed ; body oblong, cov ered with 
deciduous scales ; fins all covered by the common 
skin ; dorsal and anal generally more than one; 
the rays unarmed ; ventral fins slender, ending in 
a point. 
Buennivs, (blenny, ) head sloping; body length- 
ened ; sub-compressed, lubricous ; eill- membrane 
§-rayed ; ventral fins 2, 3 or 4-rayed, unarmed. 
3 Konrrvs, body broad, carinated both above and 
below ; with greatly elevated back : gill-mem- 
brane 2-rayed. 
ORDER 3. THORACIC. 
Gill-membranes with bony rays ; ventral-fins 
_ under the pectoral. 
~ Cevoua, (band-fish,) head shares ; teeth curved, 
sharp; body very long and compressed ; abdo- 
men extremely short ; gill-membrane six-rayed. 
GymMNneTrus, body extremely long, compressed ; 
teeth numerous, subulate ; gill-membrane four or 
five-rayed ; anal-fin wanting. 
VanpbeEL.Livs, (vandal,) body extremely long, 
sword-form ; gill-membrane five or six-rayed ; 
teeth subulate, those in front largest. 
Ecuenets, (remora, sucking-fish,) head fur- 
