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SCI^NID.E. 



ACANTHOPTERYGII. 



SClMhUDM: 



THE MAIGRE. 



Scicena aquila, Cuv. et Valenc. Hist. Nat. des Poiss. t. v. p. 28, pi. 100. 



Umbra Rondeletii, Willughby, p. 299, tab. S. 19. 



Cheilodiptere aigle, Lacepede. 



Scixna aquila, Flem. Brit. An. p. 213, sp. 144. 



Generic Characters. — Body covered with scales : two dorsal fins ; spines of 

 the anal fin slender : a single row of strong teeth in each jaw ; a narrow line of 

 small ones in the upper jaw only, none on the vomer or palatine bones : pre- 

 operculum serrated, when young ; operculum ending with one or more spines ; 

 branchiostegous rays 7. 



The limited space to be devoted to each species in this 

 work, will not allow an opportunity of following Cuvier 

 and M. Valenciennes through the long chain of historical 

 research by which they have succeeded in clearing the Eu- 

 ropean Scieenidie from the obscurity in which they were 

 involved by the older writers. This important branch 

 of Ichthyological history, for which Baron Cuvier was so 

 * The family of the Maigres. 



