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FISHES. 
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Family 29. — TEUTHIDIDiE. (1 Genus, 29 Species.) 
<£ Marine, herbivorous fishes, with compressed, oblong, small - 
scaled bodies.” 
Distribution. — Eastern tropical seas, from Bourbon and the 
Bed Sea to the Marianne and Fiji Islands. 
Family 30.— ACKONUEIDAE. (5 Genera, 64 Species.) 
“ Marine, herbivorous fishes, with compressed, minutely-scaled 
bodies.” 
Distribution. — All tropical seas, but most abundant in the 
Malay region, and extending to Japan and New Zealand. 
Family 31. — HOPLEGNATHIDiE. (1 Genus, 3 Species.) 
“ Marine fishes, with compressed elevated bodies, covered with 
very small toothed scales,” 
Distribution. — Seas of Australia, China, and Japan. 
Family 32. — MALACANTHIDiE. (1 Genus, 3 Species.) 
“ Marine fishes, with elongate bodies covered with very small 
scales, and with very long dorsal and anal fins.” 
Distribution. — Atlantic coasts of Tropical America, Mauritius, 
and New Guinea. 
Family 33. — N AND ID AS. (6 Genera, 14 Species.) 
“ Marine or fresh-water carnivorous fishes, with oblong, com- 
pressed, scaly bodies.” 
Distribution.— From the Eed Sea to the coasts of China 
and Australia; and the fresh waters of the Neotropical and 
Oriental regions. Badis, Nandrn , and Catopm inhabit the 
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