The natural history of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals . tered^ detached, starlike scales. A. coryphenoides Bon. Cuv. and Val. pi. 270. Centrolophus Lac. Body shorter; dorsal fin com-mencing even with the pectoral j ventral fin small;anal fin half as long as the dorsal; vent central;lateral line prominent. C. pompylus. Cuv. and Val. 269, 5. SuBFAM. ACANTHURIN^.Body ovate or oblong; mouth very small. Acanthurus. Body oval; sides of the tail armed withone moveable spine. Acanthurus Forskahl. Body scaly ; the dorsal fin sub- divided_, anterior rays remote ; caudal fin trunc
The natural history of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals . tered^ detached, starlike scales. A. coryphenoides Bon. Cuv. and Val. pi. 270. Centrolophus Lac. Body shorter; dorsal fin com-mencing even with the pectoral j ventral fin small;anal fin half as long as the dorsal; vent central;lateral line prominent. C. pompylus. Cuv. and Val. 269, 5. SuBFAM. ACANTHURIN^.Body ovate or oblong; mouth very small. Acanthurus. Body oval; sides of the tail armed withone moveable spine. Acanthurus Forskahl. Body scaly ; the dorsal fin sub- divided_, anterior rays remote ; caudal fin truncate, A. triostegos. Cuv. x. 199. Teuthys Linn. Body with a coriacious or granulatedskin, often marked with vertical or longitudinal cari-nated lines; dorsal entire; caudal slightly argenteus. Frey. Atlas, pi. 63. f. 3. CtenodonSw. (^^.) Body scaly; dorsal fin undi-vided ; the spines very slender; caudal fin very 256 large, great-ly lunated ;head very ob-tuse ; teeth,in general,spatulose Riippelii iSw. Cuvierii. C CLASSIFICATION OF FISHES, Riipp. 16. V. pi. Lesson. 27. 2. rubropunctatus. Riipp. Sw. Benn. pi. Less. Atl. Haipurus Forster. Snout contracted and produced,somewhat tubular ; body granulated and marked lon-gitudinally with carinated lines; a brush-like tuft ofhairs on the sides of the tail. H. scopas. Cuv. pi. 280. Zebrasoma * Sw. Snout rather pointed; dorsal andventral fins excessively broad and rounded j bodywithout scales ; tail truncate,velifer. Sw. Riipp. Atlas, pi. 15. fig. 2. Bl. pi. 427. Prionurus Lac. General aspect of Acanthurus ; butthe caudal spines are many ; body coriaceous, withoutscales; dorsal fin one, Callicanthus Sw. {fig. 75.) Head sloping; caudalspines two on each side; ventral fins immediatelyunder the pectoral, and with a connecting ^mem-brane ; caudal large, lunated, the point attenuated, C. elegans. ( Aspisurus elegans.) Riipp. Atl. 16. fig. 2. {
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