CH^TODONID^. LABRIN^. 231 



ventrals very long and pointed ; lateral line abruptly 

 bent ; mouth small^ oblique ; dorsal and anal fins 

 very long, and attenuated behind; representing Cichla. 

 Labrus punctata. Bloch, pi. 295. fig. 1. 



Plesiops Cuv. Head obtusely pointed; dorsal spines 

 nearly naked, slightly connected at their base, and 

 assuming the appearance of finlets ; analogous to 

 Polypterus ; caudal fin rounded ; the basal scales 

 large, as in Scarus ; lateral line interrupted. 

 P. nigricans. Riipp. Atl. i. pi. 4. fig. 2. 



GoMPHOSis- Mouth excessively lengthened, either 

 by being greatly protractile or by the head being 

 elongated ; preoperculum smooth ; head scaled. 



Epihulus Cuv. Teeth as in Labrus ; long cutting teeth 

 at the tip of each jaw, and smaller ones on the sides ; 

 scales large, covering the base of the anal and caudal 

 fins ; lateral line interrupted ; mouth excessively 

 protractile, and tubular when protruded. 



E. insidiator. Pall. Sp. Zool. 7. pi. 5. fig. 1. 



Clepticus Cuv.* Snout small, cylindrical, but not so 

 long as the head when protruded ; body oblong ; 

 head obtuse ; operculum, with the dorsal and anal 

 fins, covered with scales ; lateral line continuous ; 

 teeth nearly obsolete. 



C. genizara Cuv. Parra. pi. 21. fig. 1. 



Oomphosis Lac. Snout not protractile, but lengthened 



into a permanent tube at the termination of which is 



the mouth, which opens horizontally, and extends 



half way towards the eye ; head without scales ; fins 



naked, like those of Icthycallus : caudal fin lunate. 



G. viridis. Benn. Cey. pi. 30. fuscus. lb. pi. 3. 



* As I have not been able to consult the original description and figure 

 of this type, I am obliged to rest it on the authority of M. Cuvier. Parra's 

 work on the Fishes of Cuba is rare, and I have been unsuccessful in pro- 

 curing its loan. Indeed the only copy I know of is in the possession of 

 William Sharp MacLeay, Esq., the author of Horce Entomologicee. I take 

 this opportunity of returning my public and grateful thanks to many kind 

 friends and liberal strangers for the loan or gift of valuable works in this 

 department. Among these I cannot but mention Chief-justice Field of 

 Gibraltar ; Dr. Goodall, the provost of Eton ; W. J. Broderip, Esq., F.R.S. 

 &c. ; W, Brewen, Esq. of Leicester ; Mr. Gray of the British Museum ; the 

 Linneean Society of London; Dr. Ruppell, the African traveller; Mr, 

 Yarrell, &c. &c. 



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