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fin very high or broad, undivided, and extending from 

 the crown to the caudal fin, to the outer edge of 

 which it unites ; body scaly ; the other fins as in 

 Scorpsena : representing Platypterus. 

 T. triacanthus. Cuv. pi. 89. 



2. SuBFAM. SYNAXCHIN^. Hogfish. 



Body naked, without scales, thick, gross, often de- 

 formed with fungus or spongy skin, with fleshy lobes 

 or cirri on the sides ; head directed upwards, spinous ; 

 the eyes small and placed close to or upon the crown ; 

 mouth large, completely vertical *; pectorals large, often 

 very long; the. base broad and extended almost under 

 the throat. 



Agriopus Cuv. General form and structure of Taenia- 

 notus, but the muzzle is suddenly narrowed and rather 

 produced ; the mouth very small and without teeth ; 

 dorsal fin slightly emarginate, commencing just be- 

 tween the eyes, and reaching, but not united, to 

 the base of the caudal; pectoral fin rather small; 

 all the rays simple ; body compressed, smooth, or 

 warted. 

 Penivianus. Griff. pL 8. 1. verrucosus. Cuv. pi. 91. 



Pelor Cuv, Snout turned upwards ; eyes small, vertical, 

 pedunculated, or placed on a gibbous prominence of 

 the crown ; mouth large, vertical, the under jaw 

 longest ; pectoral fins very large ; the rays often 

 passing beyond the membrane, which leaves two or 

 more of the lower rays almost free ; dorsal fin long, 

 entire, very broad, the membrane only connecting 

 the rays towards the base ; palate with small teeth ; 

 ventral fin large ; anal long. 

 maculatum. Griff, pi. 8. 2. filamentosum. Cuv. pi. 94. 



Synanchia Cuv. Hogfish. Aspect hideous ; head 

 thick, cylindrical, covered with tubercles, and often 



, * Except in Agriopus. 



