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POMACENTBID^E. 



" Body compressed, more or less short, covered with 

 ctenoid scales. Dentition feeble ; palate smooth. The 

 lateral line does not extend to the caudal fin, or it is 

 interrupted. One dorsal fin, with the spinous as 

 well developed as the soft, or more. Two, some- 

 times three, anal spines ; the soft anal similar to the 

 soft dorsal. Ventral fins thoracic, with one spine 

 and five soft rays. Branchiostegals five, six, or 

 seven; gills three and a half; pseudobranchise and 

 air-bladder present. Pyloric appendages in small 

 number. Intestinal tract of moderate length. Tro- 

 pical seas." 



GLYPHISODON. 



Genus formed by Lacepede, but much better characterised by 

 Cuvier. Dr. Grunther cbauges tbe uarne in Glyphidodon ; but I 

 do not think tbat tbese so-called rectifications can be admitted. 



GLTPHISODON VICTOEI^. 



Grlypbisodon victoria?, GuntJier, An. and Mag. Hat. History, 

 v. ii., 1862, p. 116. 



Tbe beigbt of tbe body is contained twice in tbe lengtb, up to 

 tbe end of tbe dorsal, and two and one-balf in tbe total lengtb. 

 Tbe bead is four times in tbe same ; tbe orbit is tbree and one- 

 third in tbe lengtb of tbe bead, and it is not quite as long as tbe 

 snout ; teetb small, ratber regularly placed ; tbey are elongate 

 and ratber broader in tbe middle tban at tbeir extremity, which 

 is rounded ; the head is covered with scales, those of the oper- 

 culum small, on six rows ; a denudated space round the margin, 

 covered with reticulations, which are transverse on the poste- 



