288 CLASSIFICATION OF FISHES^ ETC. 



teeth numerous^ remote^ slender^ acute, and of unequal 



lengths ; ventral fins very large ; pectorals smaU. 



L. Mediterranea iS'w, (^Fol. I. semifasciata. Bl. 384, f. I. 



p. 246. Jig. 48.) conirostra. Spix, pi. 43. 



fcetans. Bl. 384. f. 2. intermedia. lb. 44. 



tumbel. lb. 430. minuta Le Sueur. ( Vol. I. 

 truncata. Spix, pi. 45. p. 247. Jig. 50.). 



Triuriis Sw. General habit of Laurida; body semi- 

 transparent ; eyes very small ; head serpent-like ; 

 pectorals large and falcate ; caudal ending in three 

 points. 



T. microcephalus. Russell, pi, 171. 



Harpadon Le Sueur. Resembling Laurida and Triurus, 



but some of the teeth are barbed at their points ; the 



ventral fin is immediately under the pectoral, which 



latter is irtoderately large and pointed; caudal lunate. 



H. microps Le Sueur ( Vol. I. Jig. 49. ) 



Aulopus* Cuv. ? Body somewhat lengthened ; eyes very 

 large ; head, before the eyes, bony ; the sides and the 

 body covered with large scales ; mouth wide, oblique ; 

 lower jaw longest, margined by a row of very small 

 equal acute teeth directed backwards ; first dorsal fin 

 central, large, high, falcate, lowest in the middle ; 

 the two first rays very long, and ending in filam.ents ; 

 adipose dorsal above the anal ; ventral fin large, 

 commencing just behind the pectoral, and on a line 

 with the dorsal ; tail deeply forked, the basal half 

 covered with minute scales ; pectoral small. 

 Aulopus filamentosus. f 



CeARACixrs Artedi. Tongue smooth ; mouth small 

 short, obtuse, cleft obliquely ; the upper jaw often 

 sinuated in the middle ; gUI-membrane four, rarely 

 five, rayed j body generally short, broad; the belly 



■ * I suspect that this, with the foregoing sub-genera Laurida, Triurus, 

 and Harpadon, may constitute a natural group of higher value than what 

 they now appear: if Sudis really belongs to the Esocincc, then the Laurince 

 may occupy its station in the sub-family of Salmonincc. 



+' I think this fish, which I described from a fresh specimen in Sicily, is 

 the Aulopus of Cuvier, but his description is not sufficiently explicit. It 

 certainly has an analogy to, but has none of the true characters of, Gadus. 



