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anal with three, ventrals with one spine and five rays, 
pectorals large, with the rays strong and thick, some simple ; 
all the head and body covered with rather large ciliated scales, 
having their ventral part longitudinally elevated. Lateral line 
continuous to the base of the caudal. 
The disposition of the teeth, and the armature of the 
praeoperculuin and operculum would place this genus with the 
Pei'ridoe, but its fins almost entirely scaly and its strong 
pectoral rays would lead me to place it with Cirrhitidce ; 
unfortunately, the only specimen I have seen is stuffed, and 
has its pectorals imperfect, but it appears that, if any of their 
rays are simple, this could only be the case with the two 
lower ones. The head and body entirely covered with thick 
scales, having each a longtitudinal ridge, gives it a general 
rough and unequal appearance. 
LACEPED1A CATAPHRACTA. 
The general form oval, the upper profile rather high and 
convex; cleft of the mouth oblique, the lower jaw being longer 
than the upper one ; ail the pieces of the head covered with 
elevated scales. Praeoperculum with its margin formed of 
numerous points, which become stronger on the rounded part; 
operculum with two points. Body entirely covered with 
moderately large scales ; these have a rather triangular form, 
principally on the upper part of the body, and are ciliated on 
their edge ; their surface is elevated, but the base is depressed ; 
the lateral line is formed of rather larger ones and they are more 
smooth, it runs from above the upper opercular point to the 
base of the caudal in following the profile of the back ; it is 
formed of about fifty-six scales up to the caudal's base ; the 
transverse line has twenty-eight ; the dorsal is not high, formed 
of eleven spines, the first is the shortest (the second is broken 
in the specimen), and the others about equal ; the branched 
part is rather longer than the other, and being of equal length 
forms a perfect continuation with it ; it is formed of 
twenty-two rays ; the caudal is bilobed of sixteen long rays 
with four or five shorter ones, on each side. The anal has three 
spines, the first being the shortest and the third the longest ; 
