The natural history of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals . maculatus. Sw. acus. Risso, L 82. pi. 4. 11. Ophidium Linn. (^Body anguilliform, o-paque; eyes very large;throat furnished withcirri,barbatum. Bl. 159.* ^(/^.78.)_Vassalli. Risso, Nice. Lp. 97. 5. SuBFAM. STYLEPHORIN^. Eyes pedunculated. Stylephorus Shaw. Body anguilliform, very long,compressed ; eyes pedunculated, standing on a short,thick cylinder; snout lengthened ; directed upwards,retractile towards the head ; mouth without teeth ;pectoral fins small; dorsal the length of the back j;• caudal verti
The natural history of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals . maculatus. Sw. acus. Risso, L 82. pi. 4. 11. Ophidium Linn. (^Body anguilliform, o-paque; eyes very large;throat furnished withcirri,barbatum. Bl. 159.* ^(/^.78.)_Vassalli. Risso, Nice. Lp. 97. 5. SuBFAM. STYLEPHORIN^. Eyes pedunculated. Stylephorus Shaw. Body anguilliform, very long,compressed ; eyes pedunculated, standing on a short,thick cylinder; snout lengthened ; directed upwards,retractile towards the head ; mouth without teeth ;pectoral fins small; dorsal the length of the back j;• caudal vertical, as in Trachypterus, but shorter|,-the extremity of the tail prolonged into a slenderfilament longer than the body. S. chordatus Shaw. Linn. Tr. i. 90. pi. 6. * Cuvier and all authors describe this species as having four distinct bar-bets, whereas there is in reality only one, divided at its base into four fila-ments : no good representation yet exists of this species. f Shaw t Cuvier. CANTHILEPTES. LEPIDOLEPRIDiE. TBIGLID^. 261 Tribe IV. CANTHILEPTES. Mailed-cheeks, Head and cheeks mailed
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