202 CLASSIFICATION OF FISHES^ ETC. 



head large; mouth very -wide and large^ obliquely 



vertical; lower jaw with numerous teeth_, all of the 



same length. Representing Huro. (See^^. 42. h, c.) 



C. flavo-purpuratus. Frey. Atl. pi. 57. f. 2. Beimet, Ceyl. 

 Fishes, pi, 19. (^^.42. c.) 



Variola Sw. Ovate, fusiform, the hinder part of the 

 dorsal and anal fins considerably lengthened and 

 pointed ; caudal, large, long, and deeply lunate, the 

 upper and under extremities forming long points ; 

 ventrals pointed. Representing Cheilodipterus. 



V. longipinna Sw. Riip. i. pi. 26. f. 2. (S. louti Eiip.*) 



Eteles. Caudal fin large, deeply forked ; pectoral fins 

 pointed ; dorsal fin almost divided into two ; eyes 

 excessively large. Representing Apogon. 



Elastoma Sw. Body fusiform ; spinal division of the 

 dorsal longer than the hinder portion; mouth and 

 teeth as in Serranus ; eyes very large ; caudal deeply 

 forked. 



E. oculatus Siv, Cuv. pi. 32. 



Uriphceton Sw. Ovate-fusiform ; dorsal fin only 

 slightly emarginate ; mouth large, sub-vertical, with 

 strong incisors at the tip of each jaw ; caudal forked, 

 the two middle rays united into a filament as long as 

 the body. 

 U. microleptes Sw. ( Serranus phaaton. Cuv. pi. 34. ) 



Eteles Cuv. General shape and habit of the last, and with 



similar dorsal fins ; several large incurved teeth in 



the jaws, but none in the palate; caudal fin deeply 



forked, the upper extremity elongated into a filament. 



E. carbunculus. Cuv. pi. 18. 



Grystes Cuv. Dorsal fin almost divided into two, the 

 anterior or spinous division shortest, the posterior 

 lobed ; preoperculum smooth ; mouth large, sub- ver- 

 tical ; lower jaw largest; caudal emarginate; sides 



* Connected to Serranus, with which the circle of this genus began by 

 Serranus phiBnistomus, which unites the truncate caudal of Serranus with 

 the broad fins of Variola. 



