280 CLASSIFICATION OF FISHES, ETC. 



lanceolate ; pectorals with their base neither pedun- 

 culated nor scaled. 



Sc. viridis. Ham. pi. 32. fig. 12. chrysophthalmus. Ib.pl. 37.. 

 calliurus, lb. pi. 5. fig. 10. fig. 10. 



PERioPHTHALMrs ScJi. General form of Scartelaos, but- 

 covered with scales ; dorsal fins two, remote ; the 

 first high and very short ; pectoral fins with a pe- 

 dunculated base, covered with scales ; eyes small, 

 very close, with a lid at their inferior edge, and 

 capable of being elevated; gill aperture remarkably 

 smaU ; ventral fins sometimes slightly divided ; 

 caudal obliquely oval, obtuse. 



Plinianus. Hamilt. pi. 13. 13. Freycinettii. GriflT. pL 38. 

 9-radiatU5. lb. pi. 2. fig. 14. fig. 3. 



7-radiatus. lb. p. 46. Ichlosseri. Pall. Spec. pL 1. 

 13-radiatus. lb. p. 4S. fig. 1 — 4. 



2. SuBFAM. CALLIOXYMIX.E. 



Head and body depressed ; ventrals distinct, very large, 



CALLioxYircs Linn. Branchial aperture very small, 

 as in the eel ; gdl- covers elongated and spined ; head 

 very much depressed ; eyes approximating ; oper- 

 culum armed with a prominent bony spine, often 

 cuspidate ; ventral fins very large, distinct, and 

 placed before the pectorals, which are smaller ; 

 dorsal fins two, sometimes much elevated ; mouth 

 small, protractile ; jaws with small crowded teeth. 

 C. lyra. Bloch, pi. 161. 



Platyptera K. and Van H. Habit of CaUionymus ; 

 dorsal fins two, distinct ; ventral fins broad and 

 distinct ; branchial aperture wide ; mouth small ; 

 scales broad ; head short, depressed. India. 

 P. melonacephala K. H. trigonocephala. K. H. 



Trichonotus Sch. Resembling the last ; but the dorsal 

 fin is single, and corresponds to the anal, which is 

 long ; the two first rays of the dorsal are extended 

 into long bristles ; the branchial aperture large. 

 T. setigeris. Bl. Schneider, pi. 39. 



