4-3 
PEECID^. 
“Body generally oblong, and covered with ctenoid 
scales ; lateral line continuous. Mouth in front of 
the snout, with lateral cleft, rarely at the lower 
side. Eye lateral. All or some of the opercles 
serrated or armed. Seven or six branchiostegals. 
Dentition complete ; teeth pointed, in villiform 
bands, with or without canines ; teeth either on the 
vomer, or on the vomer and palatine bones. No 
barbels. Cheek not cuirassed. Dorsal fin formed 
by a spinous portion and by a soft ; ventrals 
thoracic, with one spine and five soft rays. Stomach 
csecal ; pyloric appendages generally in small num- 
ber. Swim-bladder present, simple. Intestines 
little folded. 
“ Carnivorous fishes, inhabiting the fresh waters 
and seas of all parts of the globe.” 
They are numerous in Australia, particularly those of the 
fresh waters. 
LATES. 
Genus formed by Cuvier on a sort found in the Nile. One or 
two have since been found in the mouths of the great rivers of 
India. 
lATES COLOKOEVM. 
Lates colonorum, Qunther, Ann. Nat. Sistory, 1863, xi. 114. 
{Gip'ps Land Perch.) 
D. 8—1/10. C. 17. A. 3/8. P. 15. 1. 1. 53. 1. tr. 8/17. 
Body ovale, rather high ; three times in total length ; head 
three and one-third in the same ; eye three and three-quarters 
in length of head, and equal to the snout; the lower jaw 
