The natural history of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals . Lobates, Astronotus, &c. C. undulatus. Riipp. Atl. pi. 6. fig. 2. ScARus Linn. Dorsal fin continuous, entirely com-posed of soft ray_s; body ovate, with the head gibbousor elevated; mouth small; jaws (^fiy. ) large,bony, assuming the form and office of teeth, as in thePlectognathes, but the true teeth are very small, andarranged like scales or tubercles upon them; lips thick,fleshy, but single. Scarus Antiq., Linn. (^fiy. .58.) Head large, gibbous;crown ele- vated; cau-dal lunate;pectoral finspointed; la-teral
The natural history of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals . Lobates, Astronotus, &c. C. undulatus. Riipp. Atl. pi. 6. fig. 2. ScARus Linn. Dorsal fin continuous, entirely com-posed of soft ray_s; body ovate, with the head gibbousor elevated; mouth small; jaws (^fiy. ) large,bony, assuming the form and office of teeth, as in thePlectognathes, but the true teeth are very small, andarranged like scales or tubercles upon them; lips thick,fleshy, but single. Scarus Antiq., Linn. (^fiy. .58.) Head large, gibbous;crown ele- vated; cau-dal lunate;pectoral finspointed; la-teral linecontinuous; scales with radiated grooves, (a.) European Cretensis. Bl. pi. Cuv. Alouth obliquely vertical; profileobtuse; eyes very large, near the crown; bellyprominent; mouth retractile, distinct, and separate ;lateral teeth in the upper jaw with an inner rangeof smaller ones ; pectoral and caudal rounded ; allthe fin rays soft; ventrals very small; lateral linebranched: the chironectiform type. C. spinidens. Quoy and Gaim. p. 2 II. Q. 226 CLASSIFICATION OF FISHES,, ETC. Leptoscarus Sw. Elongated^ fusiform ; head length-ened ; muzzle obtuse; scales sub-triangular; pectorals-smallj rounded ; caudal lunate. L. Vargiensis. Qiioy and Gaim. p. 288. Hemistoma Sw. Ovate ; muzzle obtusely pointed ;crown not elevated ; caudal very large, doubly lu-nated ; pectoral (^fig. 57. g) and ventrals reticulata Sw. (Scarus pepo. Benn. Ceylon, pi. 28.) Petronasox Sw. Ovate ; the dorsal fin with simpleor spiny, and branched or soft rays; head moderate, Petronason Sw. {fg. 59.) Proper; muzzle obtuselypointed (^fig. 57. e) j crown not elevated; caudal finmore or lesslunate, the ^^extremitiesforming alengthenedpoint; pec-torals point-ed ; lateral line interrupted; the simple and branched dorsal raysnearly equal in number.
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