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CLASSIFICATIOX OF FISHES, ETC. 



4. SuBFAM. SCARINiE. 



Head and crown rather elevated ; jaws in the typical 

 genera, performing the office of teeth ; scales at the base 

 of the caudal very large. 



Zyrichthys. Blenniform ; forehead much elevated; 

 teeth mostly as in theLabridEe; ventrals generally very 

 long : representing the Dolphins and the Gymnetres, 

 or ribbon-fish, 



ZyricJithys, -prober, Cmy. (Jig.b'J.a.) Head very large, 

 high ; eyes almost vertical ; dorsal fin narrow, nearly 

 of equal breadth, but pointed before ; caudal rounded. 



bimaculatus. Rupp. i. 10. fig. 2. 

 altipinnis. lb. ii. pi. 7. fig. 1. 



Thalassoma Xob. {fig. 57. 6.) General aspect of Zyrich- 

 thys, but the muzzle becomes suddenly more ad- 

 vanced, and the eyes are lower ; ventrals longer than 

 the pectorals. 



T. purpurea Noh. Riipp. Atl. pi. 6. fig. 3. 



Urichthys Nob. {fig. 57- c.) Muzzle still more pointed 

 than in the last ; dorsal and anal fins dilated and 

 pointed behind as in Crenilabris ; pectorals rounded ; 

 ventrals (typically) very long and pointed ; caudal 

 enormous, truncate, the rays projecting beyond the 

 membrane. 



U. lunulatus Nob. Riipp. Atl. 6. fig. 1. 

 quinque-cinctus. lb. ii. pi. .5. fiff. 1. 



