MALACOPTERIGES. ^SS 



delicate; sides of the body with several rows of 

 pores ; head crested, as in Blennius ; ventral fins 

 distinct, of five soft rays. 



L. lagocephalus. Pall. Mem. Ac. Pet. xi. 1810. 



Family 10. ZOARCHID^. 



Anguilliform ; dorsal, caudal^ and anal fins united ; the 

 rays soft. 



ZoARCHUs Cuv. Ventral fins very small, nearly obsolete,, 

 of three rays ; jaws with a single row of conical teeth, 

 and several in front ; but none on the palate. 

 Z. viviparus. Bl. pi. 72. 



Anarrhichas * Linn. No ventral fins ; palate and 

 vomer with strong bony tubercles, and small enamelled 

 teeth; the cutting teeth, however, are long and 

 pointed ; mouth wide ; body slimy. 

 A. lupus. Bl. pi. 74. A? leopardus. Spix. pi. 51. 



Order II. MALACOPTERIGES. Soft-rayed 



Fishes. 



The rays of the dorsal fin soft, articulated, and branched. 



Family 1. SALMONID^. Salmon. 



Body compressed, symmetrical, covered with scales; 

 fins naked ; the membrane sub-opaque ; the rays soft. 



1. SuBFAM. CYPRIN^. The Carps. 



Dorsal fin single, generally in the centre of the back; 

 mouth small, without teeth, but strong ones are placed 

 in the pharynx ; tongue smooth ; scales generally large. 



Cyprinus Linn. Lips moderately thick, but neither 

 plaited nor crenated ; the two first, or anterior dorsal 

 rays spinous, and sometimes serrated. 



Cyprinus Linn. Jaws of equal length ; the mouth 



