ZEUS. DORY. 



Generic Character. 



Caput compressum, declive. 



Labium super ius mem- 



brana transversa forni- 



catum. Lingua (pleris- 



que) subulata. 

 Corpus compressum, latum, 



subrhombeum, tenue, 



splendens. 

 Membr : branch : radiis sep- 



tem perpeiudicularibus, 



infimo trans verso. 

 Pinnce dor satis radii (pleris- 



que) filamentosi, 



Head compressed, sloping 

 down. Upper lip arch- 

 ed by a transverse mem- 

 brane. Tongue (in most 

 species) subulate. 



Body compressed, broad, 

 subrhomboid, thin, and of 

 a bright colour. 



Gill-membrane with seven 

 perpendicular rays, the 

 lowest transverse. 



Dorsal fin (in most species) 

 furnished with projecting 9 

 filiform rays. 



BRASILIAN DORY. 



Zeus Vomer. Z. argenteus, radio dorsali andliquc secundo Ion* 

 gissimis. 



Silvery Dory, with the second ray of the dorsal and anal fin 

 very long. 



Zeus Vomer. Z. cauda bifurca y fyc. Lin, Syst. Nat. p. 454* 

 £eus Vomer. Z. radio dorsali analique secundo longissimo. 

 Block, t. 193./. 2. 



OH APE rhomboidal : length six or eight inches, 

 or more : body very thin 3 without scales, and of a 



