FISHES. THORACIC. 27. Chxtodon. 777 
Eyes fmall, iris yellow ; m.dv.th large ; lips thick, with many 
bones ; aperture of the gills narrower, the membrane loofe j 
Jins with branched rays ; ventral very fmall, ending in a long, 
harrow point, and like the pectoral whitilh ; the other fins 
blackifh ; anal without fpirics. 
Dot/. ,1 pect, 12 : v(ht. J; an. 17: caud, 26 rays. 
‘■'’■tnicri, Horfal fin's 2 ; head without fcales. 
Inhabits the ftony fiiores of the American feas ; body oblong, 
coated with fmall fcales, above brdwnifh, cinereous at the 
fides, beneath w’hitc, and marked with 6 g.feenilh bands'; 
flefh good. 
Head above brown, white at the fideS; iris greenifh- white ; 
thick; ^i//-coi’er of 2 pieces ; lateral line archtA-, Jins 
without fcales, greenifh, the rayS branched ; all tire fpines of 
the fir ft dorfal fin yellowifh. 
t)orJ, 5, 35 ; pe£i, 14* tient, ‘ : an. “jt tana. 12 rays. 
A black band acrofs the eyes ; dorfal fin with 12 fpines and 
an occllate fpot ; anal fpines 3. 
Inhabits India s body yellow, beneath white ; the fcales on the 
trunk large. 
Jaws equal, promlnint 5 lips thick ; gill-coifer of one Ihort 
■ goldcu lamina, the membrane loole ; lateral line draight, in- 
terrupted at the dorlal fpot ; Jins cinereous with branched 
Dorf.'J-. pect. i(): vent.\: an.,i: caud, 18. 
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Dorfal fpines 13, anal 2. , 
Inhabits /Iraerica.- body thick, brownilh, the fides with 
filvery fcales edged with violet. 
Head large ; iris white ; jaws equal ; lips thick ; gill-cover 
broad, violet, covered with large leales ; lateral line compolcd 
of oblong white fcales, ftraight and interrupted at the dorfal 
fin ; vent in the middle of the body ; Jins yellow, the rays 
branched ; tail forked. 
DotJ.\ 1 '. pect, 12: vent an. j: caud. 16 rays. 
Dorfal foines 1 1 » anal 3. 
Inhabits BraJil : 2 feet long; body Icmg, Mue, tlm fides paler, 
with 6 black narrow bands, beneath white; flefh goo . 
drtj yellowifh-filvery; mouth and aperture of the gi large, 
a little arched; lateral line naaxex thvhack, vtn iiearer 
the tail ; rays of the fins branched; ventral yellow , pecto- 
ral dufky ; the reft pale blue. 
Dorf. 11 : pect. 14 : vent, 6 : an, ,5: caud, to rays, 
Vol. 1 .— 5G Bengaun/is. 
