PERCID^. HOLOCENTRIN^. 



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zontal^ large ; lower jaw much the longest ; the chin 

 advancing and pointed ; a packet of long curved teeth 

 at the tip of the upper jaw^ and others scattered in 

 the lower ; dorsals wide apart^ the first triangular^ 

 the second long ; anal fin longer than the second dor- 

 sal; head and body with small scales; caudal rounded. 

 P. Brazilianus. Cuv. pi, 64. 



SiLAGO Cm?;, {^fig. 45.) Head lengthened; mouth small; 



eyes minute ; first dorsal fin on a line with the pec- 

 toral and the ventral, having the first ray very long. 

 S. domina. Cuv. pi. 69. 



Centbopristis Cuv, Body ovate, compressed, sub-fu- 

 siform, but rather broad ; dorsal fins emarginate ; 

 head rather large ; preopercule dentated ; operculum 

 spined ; caudal fin doubly lunate ; ventral fin smaller, 

 and slightly before the pectoral. 



C. nigricans. Cuv. pi, 44. 



Priacanthus Cii-y. Body ovate, compressed, obtuse; head 

 large; mouth large, obhquely vertical; lower jaw 

 longest ; the chin pointed and advanced ; eyes enor- 

 mous ; ventral fins very large, the last ray attached 

 to the belly by a membrane ; pectoral very small ; 

 caudal truncate ; the whole head and body covered 

 with small rough scales ; angle of the preopercule 

 with an obtuse spine, the margin crenated. Repre- 

 senting Huro and the Holocentrinae. 

 P. Japonicus. Cuv. pi. 50. 



4. SuBFAM, HOLOCENTRIN^. 



Body covered with hard, rough, or denticulated scales, 

 or mailed plates ; the head being very spiny, and the 

 mouth often oblique ; dorsal emarginate. 



