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Cantharus, Pagellus, and Chrysojihrys, have occurred on the 

 English Coast. Haplodactylus is confined to the West Coast of 

 South America, and Australia ; Sargus to the temperate and 

 warm parts of the Atlantic and the shores of East Africa ; 

 Pagellus to the western coasts of Europe and Africa. 



The other large genera have a wider distribution. 



Family 8.— SQUAMIPENNES. (12 Genera, 124 Species.) 



" Carnivorous marine fishes, with compressed and elevated 

 bodies, and scaly vertical fins." 



Distribution. — The seas between the tropics, most abundant 

 in the Oriental and Australian regions, a few entering rivers or 

 extending beyond the tropics. 



The extensive genus Chwtodon (67 sp.), ranges from the Eed 

 Sea to the Sandwich Islands, and from Japan to Western Aus- 

 tralia, while two species are found in the West Indies. Holacan- 

 thus (36 sp.), has a similar distribution, one species only occurring 

 in the West Indies and on the coast of South America. Only 

 one genus (Pomacanthus), with a single species, is confined to 

 the West Atlantic. 



Family 9.— CIKEHITID^E. (8 Genera, 34 Species.) 



" Carnivorous marine fishes, with a compressed oblong body, 

 covered with cycloid scales." 



Distribution. — The tropical and south temperate waters of 

 the Indian and Pacific oceans, from Eastern Africa to Western 

 America. Absent from the Atlantic. 



Family 10.— TEIGLID^E. (50 Genera, 259 Species.) 



" Carnivorous, mostly marine fishes, with oblong compressed 

 or subcylindrical bodies, and wide cleft mouths. They live at 

 the bottom of the water." 



Distribution. — All seas, some entering fresh water, and a few 

 inhabiting exclusively the fresh waters of the Arctic regions. 



