The natural history of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals . T. vagina. Cuv. Val. xii. pi. 351. [Jiff. 89.) Amblyopus Cuv* Body anguilliform ; dorsal, anal, andcaudal fins united, the latter very long and lan-. ceolate ; all the rays soft and branched ; mouth nearlyvertical; lower jaw longest, with a few long, dis-tant, curved teeth; eyes very minute, and almosthid in the skin ; India. /^fy. rubicunda. Hamilt. pi. 5. 9. Hermannianus. Cuv, (^g. 90). ScARTELAOs Sw. Body long, eel-like, destitute ofscales ; dorsal fins two, the second and anal verylong, but not united to the ca
The natural history of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals . T. vagina. Cuv. Val. xii. pi. 351. [Jiff. 89.) Amblyopus Cuv* Body anguilliform ; dorsal, anal, andcaudal fins united, the latter very long and lan-. ceolate ; all the rays soft and branched ; mouth nearlyvertical; lower jaw longest, with a few long, dis-tant, curved teeth; eyes very minute, and almosthid in the skin ; India. /^fy. rubicunda. Hamilt. pi. 5. 9. Hermannianus. Cuv, (^g. 90). ScARTELAOs Sw. Body long, eel-like, destitute ofscales ; dorsal fins two, the second and anal verylong, but not united to the caudal, which is large and * Since the Synopsis was printed, where this type is called Psilosomathe 12th vol. of Cuvier and Valencienness work has appeared, where it isnam^ Amblyopus. T 4 280 CLASSIFICATION OF FISHES, ETC. lanceolate ; pectorals with their base neither pedun-culated nor scaled. Sc. viridis. Ham. pi. 32. fig. 12. chrysophthalmus. , lb. pi. 5. fig. 10. fig. 10. PERioPHTHALMrs ScJi. General form of Scartelaos, but-covered with scales; dorsal fins two, remote ; thefirst high and very short; pectoral fins with a pe-dunculated base, covered with scales; eyes small,very close, with a lid at their inferior edge, andcapable of being elevated; gill aperture remarkablysmaU; ventral fins sometimes slightly divided;caudal obliquely oval, obtuse. Plinianus. Hamilt. pi. 13. 13. Frey
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