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the reader subsequently compares the circle of the Sal- 

 monidce with that of the tribe Macroleptes, he will find 

 that Sudis stands opposite to Anabas and the other laby- 

 rinthiform fishes, as their representative among the soft- 

 rayed families, or the Malacopteryges. This analogy 

 may, nevertheless, truly exist, and yet the precise situation 

 of Sudis may be in some other circle ; although, for the 

 present, we believe it is really where we have placed it. 

 (230.) Such are what we consider as the three great 

 aberrant divisions of the whole sub-family of the Salmo- 

 nince; and we are now to see if they tally with those two 

 whose types we have more particularly investigated, 

 namely, the Salmonince and the Charaoince. 



Genera of 



Xiphostoma. many, long, slender, un- > Osmerus. Cynodus 



'^iTvH^ Anal °Sical Characters. G f™°* c ££™. 



Salmonin*. [ M $£il arge ' teCth Str °" g ' } Salmo - Serrasalmo. 



GHARACIN2E. P°S>^ U 5 ^ } ^regonus. Characinus. 



r Mouth very large ; teeth ~i 

 A many, 

 C equal. 

 Sternopttx. Mouth small, vertical. Anastomus. Gasteropelicus. 



S — • {^Ipedf SSW*} MalMuS - PiabUCUS - 



(231.) Lastly, as it will tend much to strengthen our 

 disposition of the Salmonidce, we shall compare the five 

 groups in which we have arranged them with the five 

 principal divisions of the whole family ; because, if the 

 series in these are natural, they must possess some points 

 of mutual resemblance. 



Genera of the , , . Sub-families of the 



Salmon. Analogies. Salmons. 



Salmo. Typical of the Salmonince. 



TBody and belly much com-} 

 Characinus. < pressed, the latter often > Clwpeince. 



(_ serrated. j 



f Muzzle depressed above ;} 

 Xiphostoma. < teeth numerous; dorsal fin vEsocince. 



C. placed nearest the tail. J 

 Sternoptyx. Mouth vertical. Mormyrince. 



Sudis. ? CyprincB. 



The circumstance of the European salmons being 

 placed by all writers at the head of this family, as re- 



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