The natural history of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals . s of the Percin^ and the Srrraxin^.. Genera of /f„„;^„;^„ Genera of the PERCiNi. Analogies. Serranlv^. Perca. f Body oblong or ovate; mouth 1 serranus. X horizontal, large, J [ ^fgi^° ^^ ^^ ] Pevta ceros. f Muzzle broad, projecting over] ^^erina AsPRO. ^ jjjg jQ^gj j^^_ j ACERINA. rr, „^ f Mouth sub-vertical, large; low- 7 --, „^.^^„^ ^«°- . \ er jaw longest. JGr^stes. \Porov f^^^ ^^^^ developed; eyes re-1 £>„,,, ^ markably large. j ^telis. (19.) Again, on looking to the sub-genera of the tw
The natural history of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals . s of the Percin^ and the Srrraxin^.. Genera of /f„„;^„;^„ Genera of the PERCiNi. Analogies. Serranlv^. Perca. f Body oblong or ovate; mouth 1 serranus. X horizontal, large, J [ ^fgi^° ^^ ^^ ] Pevta ceros. f Muzzle broad, projecting over] ^^erina AsPRO. ^ jjjg jQ^gj j^^_ j ACERINA. rr, „^ f Mouth sub-vertical, large; low- 7 --, „^.^^„^ ^«°- . \ er jaw longest. JGr^stes. \Porov f^^^ ^^^^ developed; eyes re-1 £>„,,, ^ markably large. j ^telis. (19.) Again, on looking to the sub-genera of the twotypical divisions, Perca and Serranus, the analogies areno less extraordinary. Sub-gcneraofthe Jf,yyjnaiy, Sub-genera of the genus Perca. .iTuuugKs. genus Serranus. Perca Cuv. J ^|;f ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^] S^^* ^uv. Lates Cuv. Body broad; caudal fin rounded. Chromileptes Sw. Centropomus Cuv. Anal spines very large Plectropoma Cuv. Kiphon Cuv. Lower jaw considerably longest. Cynichthys Sw. Luciopcrca Cuv. pall^gjeatlyforked; eyes veryj y^^.^j^ g^ HELOCENTBIN^. 21. Leaving these^ we pass on to the three aberrant sub-families of the perchesj viz. the Percophiruje, the Holo-centrince, and the HelotincB, in which few species^ com-paratively, are contained. The first are remarkable fortheir elongated shape, and for having, unlike all theother perches, the ventral fins placed almost always be-fore the pectorals. In their pointed head and thickened lips (^fig. 1.) they so muchresemble the LabridiB, thatwe are left in no doubt asto the means by which thatcharming family is con-nected to the perches. Inrhe large, vertically cleftmouth of Priacanthus wehave a repetition of the cMronectiform type—while byCentropristis we immediately enter into the next sub-family. (20.) The Holocentrin<s, or mailed-perches, are asmall but most beautiful group of fishes ; the greaternumber of the species, and most of the typical, being ofdifferent shades of red, from a splendid crimson to
Size: 2176px × 1148px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, booksubj, booksubjectfishes, booksubjectreptiles
