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FISHES. 
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Cantharus, Pagellus, and Chrysophrys, have occurred on the 
English Coast, llaplodactylus is confined to the West Coast of 
South America,, and Australia ; Sargus to the temperate and 
warm parts of the Atlantic and the shores of East Africa ; 
Pagellus to the western coasts of Europe and Africa. 
The other large genera have a wider distribution. 
Family 8.— SQUAMIPENNES. (12 Genera, 124 Species.) 
"Carnivorous marine fishes, with compressed and elevated 
bodies, and scaly vertical fins.” 
Distribution. — The seas between the tropics, most abundant 
in the Oriental and Australian regions, a few entering rivers or 
extending beyond the tropics. 
The extensive genus Ohcetodon (67 sp.), ranges from the Eed 
Sea to the Sandwich Islands, and from Japan to Western Aus- 
tralia, while two species are found in the West Indies. Holacan- 
thus (36 sp.), has a similar distribution, one species only occurring 
in the West Indies and on the coast of South America. Only 
one genus (Pomacanthus), with a single species, is confined to 
the West Atlantic. 
Family 9. — CIHEIIITID/E. (8 Genera, 34 Species.) 
“ Carnivorous marine fishes, with a compressed oblong body, 
covered with cycloid scales.” 
Distribution. — The tropical and south temperate waters of 
the Indian and Pacific oceans, from Eastern Africa to Western 
America. Absent from the Atlantic. 
Family 10, — TPJGLIDiE. (50 Genera, 259 Species.) 
“ Carnivorous, mostly marine fishes, with oblong compressed 
or subcylindrical bodies, and wide cleft mouths. They live at, 
the bottom of the water.” 
Distribution. — All seas, some entering fresh water, and a few 
inhabiting exclusively the fresh waters of the Arctic regions. 
