2l6 CLASSIFICATION OF FISHES^ ETC. 



fins nearly covered with scales ; caudal large, forked ; 

 mouth very small. 



Pimelepterus Cuv. Body oval-oblong ; dorsal fins two, 

 united at their base ; snout obtuse, short, truncate ; 

 eyes large ; forehead rather gibbous ; teeth strong, 

 cutting. 



P. Boseii. Cuv. pi. 185. capensis. lb. pi. 188. 



GlypMsodon Cuv. Anal fin short ; vent medial ; body 

 oval ; dorsal fin emarginate behind ; anal short, 

 rounded; caudal large, forked; mouth small. 

 G. coelestinus. Cuv. pi. 135. insolatus * Sw. Cuv. pi. 137. 



Microgaster Sw. Anal fin long ; vent under the pecto- 

 ral fin ; caudal lunate ; in other respects resembling 

 Glyphisodon. 



maculata. Cuv. pi. 136. 



Chrysiptera Sw. Body ovate ; pectorals large, pointed ; 

 eyes large, close to the muzzle, which is very short 

 and obtuse ; dorsal fin long, emarginate at the end ; 

 vent central ; anal short ; caudal fin round, 

 azurea. Frey. Atl. pi. 64. fig. 3. Gamardii. lb. fig. 4. 



Chcpfolabrus Sw. f General aspect of a Cheetodon, but 

 the lateral hne is interrupted, as in Labrus, and there are 

 numerous spines in the anal fin ; body oval ; pectoral 

 and caudal fins rounded. 



Suratensis. Bloch, 217. maculatus. lb. 427. 



Pristopoma. Dorsal fin single, emarginate behind ; the 

 preoperculum strongly serrated. 



Amphipriox. [j: {Jigs. 51. 52.) Sub-orbital plates; 

 operculum and preoperculum serrated, and often 

 spined, 



* Heliases Cuv. 



f But, from the circumstance of M Cuvier placing these fishes in the 

 genus Glyphisodon, I should have concluded they were Helostoime, and 

 had labyrinthiform gills : the analog}^ is most complete. 



t Nothaving analysed this sub-family, I have thought it better to arrange 

 the genera by characters easily distinguishable, as in the present instance, 

 without venturing to determine their natural succession, or analogical re- 

 presentations. Amphiprion in its typical sub-genus, as well as Lobotes, 

 appear chironectifoym types, from their vertical mouth ; and perhaps the 

 whole of these spine-cheeked genera correspond to the Triglidce, &c. 



