308 CLASSIFICATION OF FISHES_, ETC. 



pectoral and ventral ; anal fin rather lengthened ; 

 vent nearest the caudal fin ; eyes vertical^ very minute^ 

 placed close together on the crown ; cirri short. 



C. coecutiens, Agass. and Sp. Spixii. lb. pi. 10. fig. 1. 



pi. 10. fig. 2. 



4. SuBFAM. ASPREDINiE. 



Eyes very small, vertical ; operculum immoveahlCj the 

 aperture opening only by a narrow slit beneath the head ; 

 under jaw transverse, and shorter than the upper ; first 

 pectoral ray generally excessively developed ; dorsal fin 

 single, placed close to the head. 



CoTYLEPHOBus Sw. Head and body very broad, flat- 

 tened, and short ; tail long, slender, compressed ; anal 

 fin greatly lengthened, but not united to the caudal, 

 which is forked ; dorsal short, triangular ; belly with 

 cup-shaped suckers. 



C. Blocliii Sw. (Platys. cotylephorus. Bl. 372.) 



AsPREDO Artedi. Body and head broad and depressed ; 

 tail moderate, slightly compressed, with soft tubercles 

 or pores on the sides ; head and crown with bony 

 plates ; eyes vertical, excessively minute ; pectoral 

 spine very large ; anal fin short ; caudal rounded ; 

 cirri moderate. 

 A. verrucosus. Bl. 373. f. 3. Gronovii. Zoop. pi. 5. fig. 3. 



AsTROBLEPrs Humh. Body smooth; head broad; eyes 

 vertical, very minute ; tail short, thick ; caudal fin 

 truncate ; anal fin short, placed close to the caudal ; 

 dorsal single, near the head ; the first or outer ray of 

 all the fins soft, and slightly lengthened ; cirri two. 

 A. Grexal%-ii Humb. Zool. (Vol. I. p. 355.) 



Eremophilus Humb. Body smooth, oblong ; eyes very 

 small, lateral ; dorsal fin single, near the caudal, but 

 before the anal, which is short ; caudal fin slightly 

 rounded; pectoral fin pedunciilated, placed near the 

 belly ; cirri six. 



K Mutisii. Humb. Zool. (Vol. I. p. 358.) 



