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The flesh of this sort is green, and it does not appear to be 
used as food, probably for that reason. It is rarely seen on the 
market, and does not appear to have any usual name. My 
largest specimen measures over 15 inches. 
It is probable that this is the looUtooit mentioned by Rich- 
ardson, from a drawing — “ Erelus and Terror, Fishes,’ p. 134. 
GERRID^. 
“ Body compressed, elevated, or oblong, covered 
with sparoid scales. Lateral line continuous. 
Dorsal hn with spinous and soft portions equally 
developed, and with a scaly sheath along the base, 
which is separated by a groove from the other 
scales. Anal with three (two) spines, and with the 
soft portion similar to the soft dorsal. Ventral fins 
thoracic, with one spine and five soft rays. Teeth 
small, palate toothless. The lower pharyngeal 
bones are firmly united by a suture. Branchioste- 
gals, six ; gills, four ; pseudobranchige present ; 
glandular air bladder present. Stomach without 
csecal sac; pyloric appendages, rudimentary. Ovi- 
parous. 
“ Tropical seas.'’^ 
Dr. Gunther, in the first Tolume of his “ Catalogue,” places 
Qerres in his FrisHpomaiidce, where it seems to come very natu- 
rally ; but, in the fourth volume of the same work, he formed for 
it a family {Gerridce), that he places near Labridoe, and imme- 
diately after the small family of Enbiotocidoe of Agassiz. 
GEERBS. 
Formed by Cuvier, and composed of rather numerous species^ 
generally inhabiting the warm and tropical seas, one only having 
