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CLASSIFICATIOX OF FISHES, ETC. 



5. SuBFAM. LABRIX.5. 

 Body ovaL fusiform ; colours brilliant ; lips very thick 

 and fleshy ; cutting teeth sharp^ simple^ distinct^ those 

 in front longest ; operculum always smooth ; preoper- 

 cule sometimes serrated ; lateral line abruptly bent_, or 

 totally interrupted at the end of the dorsal fin. 



Labrus Linn. Preoperculum always smooth ; lateral 

 line continuous *^ but abruptly bent ; head covered 

 with scales, but rarely with any on the fins ; pec- 

 toral and caudal rounded ; ventral small. 



Lalrus Linn. ( %. 62.) Dorsal fin of equal breadth 

 throughout, or shghtly 

 emarginate between 

 the spinal and soft rays, 

 the simple rays being 

 as numerous as the 

 branched ones, and 

 having short loose fila- 

 ments on their inner 

 sides ; caudal and pec- 

 toral fins rounded; ventrals small ; jaws hghtly pro- 

 tractile. 



L. %etula. Bloch, pi. 293. 



Lachnolaimus Cuv. Anterior rays of the dorsal lengthened 

 into flexible filaments. 



L. suillus Cuv. Catesby, ii. pi. 15. 



Hemiulis Sw. Body slender, fusiform ; dorsal fin of 



equal breadth throughout, with all the rays branched 



and soft ; caudal fin shghtly lunate ; lateral line 



variable : representing Ophicephalus and Chromi- 



labrus. 



H. vittatus. Griff. Cuv. pi. 6. 1. auratus. Frey. Atl. pi. 54. 2. 

 guttatus. Bloch. pi. 357. 1. melapterus. Bloch, pi. 296. 2. 



Cychla Bloch. ]Mouth large, wide ; the under jaw 



longest ; dorsal fin naked, shghtly emarginate ; teeth 



very small : the chironectiform type. 



C. saxatilis. Bloch, pi. 309. labrina. Spix, pi. 62. fig. 2. 

 triglioides Sw. Spix, pi. 63. fasciata Sw. Hamilt. fig. 23. 



* Except in Cheilinus. 



