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CLASSIFICATION OF FISHES, ETC. 



deformed with fungous skin and fleshy lobes ; pec- 

 toral fins very broad at the base, but the rays are 

 united_, not much lengthened, and aU branched ; eyes 

 small, placed on the crown ; mouth large, opening 

 vertically ; ventral fin large ; dorsal long. 



SynancMa Cuv. Eyes large, lateral ; body and tail rather 

 elongated, smooth ; dorsal fin narrow, united to the 

 base of the caudal ; ventral fin very small ; anal 

 lengthened ; head covered with fungous skin ; mouth 

 oblique ; caudal rounded ; representing Agriopus, &c. 

 S. erosa. Cuv. pi. 96. 



Bufiehthys Sw. Body very thick ; tail short ; eyes 

 very small, subpedunculated ; mouth large, com- 

 pletely vertical ; pectorals remarkably broad at their 

 base ; ventral and anal very small, the former placed 

 rather before the pectorals, 

 horrida. Lac. ii. pi. 1 7. 2. grossa. Gray. In. Zool. i. pi. 97. 



Trachicephalus Sw. Shape and general aspect of Tra- 

 chinus ; body lengthened ; dorsal fin emarginate, 

 nearly in the middle ; caudal truncate ; anal fin long ; 

 eyes approximate on the crown ; mouth large, ver- 

 tical. 



elongatus. Griff. Cuv. pi. 8. £ 3. 



Trichodon Cuv. General shape of Trachinus, but 

 the body destitute of scales, and the suborbital spine, 

 as in Agriopus, entirely wanting ; eyes large ; mouth 

 wide, vertical ; dorsal fins two, low, of nearly equal 

 length and breadth ; pectoral very broad ; the lower 

 rays simple ; ventral fin small, placed beneath the 

 pectoral ; anal fin long, linear ; caudal sublunate ; 

 preoperculum toothed, as in Agriopus : the Chiro- 

 nectiform type. 



T. Stellerii. Cuv. pi. 57. 



3. SuBFAiL BLEPSINiE. 



Ventral fins almost obsolete. 



Blepsias Cuv. Dorsal fin, as in Hemitripterus, di- 

 vided into three portions, the two first of which are 



