200 CLASSIFICATION OF FISHES^ ETC. 



jaw; head depressed^ broad j caudal fin emarginate; 

 ventral rather larger than the pectoral. 



A. vulgaris. Bloch, pi. 107. Cuv. pi. 26. 



HuRO Cuv. (^JigA2. b.) Preoperculum enthe ; body fu- 

 siforaij but broad in the middle ; head large ; mouth 

 oblique, sub-vertical, large ; lower jaw longest ; chin 

 projecting ; dorsal fins distinct, the first smallest ; 

 caudal emarginate. 



H. nigricans. Cuv. pi. 17. 



Apogox. Eyes very large ; dorsal fins generally dis- 

 tinct ; mouth oblique ; caudal fin forked or lobed. 



Amhassus * Cuy. (^JigA2.a.) Body ovate j dorsal fins 

 hardly united at their base, the first having a pro- 

 cumbent spine ; lower jaw longest ; preoperculum 

 doubly crenatcd ; caudal fin large, forked. 

 A. Commersonii. Cuv. pi. 25. 



Apogon Cuv. Head large, obtuse ; tail suddenly con- 

 tracted and long ; dorsal fins quite distinct ; pre- 

 operculum doubly crenated ; caudal lobed. 

 A. trimaculatus. Cuv. pi. 22. 



Pomatomus Risso. General aspect of the last, but the 

 body more lengthened, and the head larger ; mouth 

 nearly vertical ; eyes enormous ; dorsal fins small ; 

 caudal very large, and forked teeth ; velvety scales 

 large, deciduous ; preoperculum lobed, and only stri- 

 ated sides of the head scaled. 



P. Telescopium. Risso. Cuv. pi. 24. 



Cheilodipterus Cuv. Uniting the characters and aspect 

 of Apogon and Lucioperca, having the eyes and fins 

 of the former, and the more fusiform shape, sub- 

 horizontal mouth, and large teeth of the latter ; body 

 ovate, fusiform ; head rather pointed ; dorsal fins 

 short and high ; caudal large, slightly forked ; mouth 

 large, nearly horizontal. 



C. Arabicus. Cuv. pi. 25. 



* If this type enters in the genus Apogon, it must be that which repre 

 sents Euro, or the chironectitonn. 



