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hatterote, which species is placed by Bloch * under the genus 

 Anthias, and was confounded by Cuvicr with his Mesoprion 

 cynodon; the specimen measuring fifteen inches in length ; and 

 also in Ocyurus chrysurus, which is placed by Bloch under his 

 genus Sparus, and by Cuvier among the Mesoprions. I found 

 this to be the case in the latter several times, and more especially 

 so in a specimen of twenty-one inches. I have forwarded one 

 of eighteen inches to Professor Agassiz, Director of the Museum 

 of Comparative Anatomy of Cambridge. 



In the three species above named the male genital organ and 

 the female organ present themselves as closely joined one to the 

 other. They are readily distinguished by means of their color and 

 the granulation. In all instances the milt is in a greater state 

 of advancement than the ovaries. 



