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CLASSIFICATION OF FISHES^ ETC. 



the first placed on the occiput, like a crest, and of 

 three rays ; the second remote and detached from the 



tail. 



C. australis. C. V. xi. 403. pi. 336. {Jig. 84.) 



Myxodes Cui'ier. 

 Head elongated ; 

 muzzle pointed, 

 projecting be- 

 yond then Blen- 

 teeth as i no ca- 

 nius, but 

 nines. 

 M. ocellatus. C. 

 V. pi. 335. 

 (fig. 85.) 



2. SUBFAM. CLININ.^. 



Dorsal fin with many spinous and few soft rays. 



Tripterigiox Risso. Dorsal fins three ; head some- 

 what produced. 



T. nasus. C. V. xi. p. 409. pi. 338. 



Clinetrachus JVoh. Chironectiform ; head somewhat 

 pointed; mouth obliquely vertical, opening down- 

 wards; dorsal fins two, low, the first triangular, of 

 three rays, 

 superciliosus. Bl. pi, 168. • perspicillatus. C. V.xi.372. 



Blenxophis JVoh. Oviparous, anguilliform ; body 



lengthened, sub-cylindrical ; dorsal and anal fins low 



and equal ; profile nearly rectilinear ; head crested ; 



teeth velvet-hke, the exterior strongest ; dorsal fin 



attached to the caudal, which is rounded ; ventrals of 



three rays, nearly as long as the pectorals. 



anguillaris. (Clinus, do. C. V. xi. 390.) 



variabilis. Raff. (1 810. ) ( Clinus. argentatus. C. V. xi.354. ) 



Clinus Cuv. Teeth velvety, those in the front row 

 scarcely, if at all, larger than the others ; body ovate ; 

 dorsal fin of nearly equal breadth throughout. 

 acuminatuS; Cuv. xi. cottoides. lb. 368. 



