The natural history of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals . fin small and forked {^ ?/.) ; pectoral falcated in the middle (c) ; head,body, and dorsal as in Trichiurus; but there is ashort and narrow anal fin. L. ensiformis Vandeli. Cuv. pi. Ammodytes Linn. {fig. 73.) Pectoral fin simply pointed;anal fin long and fully developed; caudal forked ;lateral Une close to the dorsal; teeth Zool. 111. i. series 1. pi. 63. * This singular type appears to represent, in this sub-family, the Acan-thurinw and the genus Pricdon : if this view is correct,
The natural history of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals . fin small and forked {^ ?/.) ; pectoral falcated in the middle (c) ; head,body, and dorsal as in Trichiurus; but there is ashort and narrow anal fin. L. ensiformis Vandeli. Cuv. pi. Ammodytes Linn. {fig. 73.) Pectoral fin simply pointed;anal fin long and fully developed; caudal forked ;lateral Une close to the dorsal; teeth Zool. 111. i. series 1. pi. 63. * This singular type appears to represent, in this sub-family, the Acan-thurinw and the genus Pricdon : if this view is correct, its analogy to allthe serrated rayed fishes, as Trigla, Batistes, Siluridce, kc, becomes mani-fest. t M. Cuvier lias changed the specific names of these two fishes without anynecessity. I have restored Schneiders to one, and Vandellis to the other;the references which foUow are merely for the figures. It is quite obviousthat Lepidopus is intimately allied to Ammodytes^ though placed by Cuvier,without any assigned reason, in a diflFerent order. CORYPH^NIDiE. ASTRODERMIN^. ^55. 4. SuBFAM. ASTRODERMINiE. Crown gibbous^ obtuse ; mouth and eyes very small;ventral fins nearly obsolete^ placed before the pectorals;rays of the dorsal and anal fins simple. AsTRODERMEs BonueUi. Body lengthened^ oval; ven-tral fins nearly obsolete^ the first ray serrated; bodywith scattered^ detached, starlike scales. A. coryphenoides Bon. Cuv. and Val. pi. 270. Centrolophus Lac. Body shorter; dorsal fin com-mencing even with the pectoral j ventral fin small;anal fin half as long as the dorsal; vent central;lateral line prominent. C. pompylus. Cuv. and Val. 269, 5. SuBFAM. ACANTHURIN^.Body ovate or oblong; mouth very small. Acanthurus. Body oval; sides of the tail armed withone moveable spine. Acanthurus Forskahl. Body scaly ; the dorsal fin sub- divided_, anterior rays remote ; caudal fin truncate, A. triostegos. Cuv. x. 199. Teuthys Linn. Body with a coriacious or granulatedskin, often marked with verti
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