The natural history of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals . d; jaws andpalate with slender curved teeth; front Rail. Griff. Cuv. pi. 31. fig. 1. Pempheris Cuv. Head ,naked; dorsal fin short, high,and placed over the pectoral; eyes excessively large. P. Mexicana, Griff. Cuv. pi. 31. fig. 2. Toxotes Cuv. (^fig. 49.)Dorsal fin single,close to the caudal.;with strong anterioispines; caudal trun-cate. ?«=5»5yg? I T. jaculator. Griff. Cuv. pi. 31. fig. 3. Gerres. Body oblong, fusiform; habit that of Sparus;mouth small, very protractile; jaws with small andcrowded teeth
The natural history of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals . d; jaws andpalate with slender curved teeth; front Rail. Griff. Cuv. pi. 31. fig. 1. Pempheris Cuv. Head ,naked; dorsal fin short, high,and placed over the pectoral; eyes excessively large. P. Mexicana, Griff. Cuv. pi. 31. fig. 2. Toxotes Cuv. (^fig. 49.)Dorsal fin single,close to the caudal.;with strong anterioispines; caudal trun-cate. ?«=5»5yg? I T. jaculator. Griff. Cuv. pi. 31. fig. 3. Gerres. Body oblong, fusiform; habit that of Sparus;mouth small, very protractile; jaws with small andcrowded teeth; dorsal fin single, with a scaly sheathat its base, or half covered with minute scales ; threeanterior rays of the anal formed of strong spines;pectorals pointed; caudal deeply forked. Gerres Cuv. Back high and arched; dorsal and analspines very long and thick ; eyes large, close to thesnout; dorsal and anal with a scaly sheath at theirbase. G. Plumieri. Cuv. pi. 167. C(Fsio Cuv. Body fusiform; mouth rather larger :dorsal and anal spines not much longer than the
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