157 



Tbe flesh of this sort is green, and it does not appear to be 

 used as food, probably for tbat reason. It is rarely seen on the 

 market, and does not appear to have any usual name. My 

 largest specimen measures over 15 inches. 



It is probable that this is the Toobitooit mentioned by Rich- 

 ardson, from a drawing — " Erebus and Terror, Fishes,' p. 134. 



GEREnm 



" Body compressed, elevated, or oblong, covered 

 with sparoid scales. Lateral line continuous. 

 Dorsal fin with spinous and soft portions equally 

 developed, and with a scaly sheath along the base, 

 which is separated by a groove from the other 

 scales. Anal with three (two) spines, and with the 

 soft portion similar to the soft dorsal. Ventral fins 

 thoracic, with one spine and five soft rays. Teeth 

 small, palate toothless. The lower pharyngeal 

 bones are firmly united by a suture. Branchioste- 

 gals, six ; gills, four ; pseudobranchise present ; 

 glandular air bladder present. Stomach without 

 csecal sac ; pyloric appendages, rudimentary. Ovi- 

 parous. 



"Tropical seas/' 



Dr. Grunther, in the first volume of his " Catalogue," places 

 Gerres in his Pristipomatidce, where it seems to come very natu- 

 rally ; but, in the fourth volume of the same work, he formed for 

 it a family (Gerridce), that he places near Labridce, and imme- 

 diately after the small family of Embiotocidcb of Agassiz. 



GrERTJES. 



Eormed by Cuvier, and composed of rather numerous species 

 generally inhabiting the warm and tropical seas, one only having 



