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GEOGRAPHICAL ZOOLOGY. 
[PART IV. 
Family 5. — PRISTIPOMATIDiE, (25 Genera, 206 Species.) 
" Marine carnivorous fishes, with compressed oblong bodies, 
and without molar or cutting teeth.” 
Distribution. — Seas of temperate and tropical regions, a few 
only entering fresh water. 
Of the more extensive genera, nine, comprising more than 
half the species, are confined to the Indian and Australian seas, 
while only one large genus (. Hcemulon ) is found in the Atlantic 
on the coast of Tropical America. The extensive Pacific genus, 
Diagramma, has one species in the Mediterranean. One genus 
is confined to the Macquarie River in Australia. A species of 
Dentex has occurred on the English coast, and this seems to he 
the extreme northern range of the family, which does not 
regularly extend beyond the coast of Portugal, and in the East to 
Japan. Australia seems to form the southern limit. 
Family 6. — MULLIDiE. (5 Genera, 34 Species.) 
“Marine fishes, with elongate slightly compressed bodies 
covered with large scales, and two dorsal fins at a distance from 
each other.” 
Distribution. — All tropical seas, except the West Coast of 
America, extending into temperate regions as far as the Baltic, 
Japan, and .New Zealand. 
Two species of Mulhs (Mullets) are British, and these are 
the only European iish belonging to the family. 
Family 7.— SPAEIDiE. (22 Genera, 117 Species.) 
“ Herbivorous or carnivorous marine fishes, with oblong com- 
pressed bodies covered with minutely serrated scales, and with 
one dorsal fin.” 
Distribution. — Seas of temperate and tropical regions, a few 
entering rivers. 
