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pekcid^. 



"Body generally oblong, and covered with ctenoid 

 scales ; lateral line continuous. Month in front of 

 the snout, with lateral cleft, rarely at the lower 

 side. Eye lateral. All or some of the opercles 

 serrated or armed. Seven or six branchiostegals. 

 Dentition complete ; teeth pointed, in villiform 

 bands, with or without canines ; teeth either on the 

 vomer, or on the vomer and palatine bones. No 

 barbels. Cheek not cuirassed. Dorsal fin formed 

 by a spinous portion and by a soft ; ventrals 

 thoracic, with one spine and five soft rays. Stomach 

 csecal ; pyloric appendages generally in small num- 

 ber. Swim-bladder present, simple. Intestines 

 little folded. 



" Carnivorous fishes, inhabiting the fresh waters 

 and seas of all parts of the globe." 



They are numerous in Australia, particularly those of the 

 fresh waters. 



LATES. 



G-enus formed by Cuvier on a sort found in the Nile. One or 

 two have since been found in the mouths of the great rivers of 

 India. 



LATES COLONOETJM. 



Lates colonorum, Gunther, Ann. Nat. History, 1863, xi. 114. 



( Gipps Land Perch,} 



D. 8—1/10. C. 17. A. 3/8. P. 15. 1. 1. 53. 1. tr. 8/17. 



Body ovale, rather high ; three times in total length ; head 

 three and one-third in the same ; eye three and three-quarters 

 in length of head, and equal to the snout ; the lower jaw 



