The natural history of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals . s. Frey. Zool. p. 210. Gaimardii Sw. Frey. Ind. Zool, 90. fig. 1. p. 209. * Capriscus. Body shaped and reticulated as in Balistes ^but the tail destitute of prickles. Zenodon Riippell. The two lateral front teeth in theupper jaw lengthened and pointed; dorsal and analof nearly equal breadth throughout; caudal large,simply lunate; pelvis small, without niger. Riipp. Atlas, ii. pi. 14. fig. 3. Chalisoma Sw. Caudal fin large, doubly lunate;pelvis forming a ventral fin provided with rays;second d
The natural history of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals . s. Frey. Zool. p. 210. Gaimardii Sw. Frey. Ind. Zool, 90. fig. 1. p. 209. * Capriscus. Body shaped and reticulated as in Balistes ^but the tail destitute of prickles. Zenodon Riippell. The two lateral front teeth in theupper jaw lengthened and pointed; dorsal and analof nearly equal breadth throughout; caudal large,simply lunate; pelvis small, without niger. Riipp. Atlas, ii. pi. 14. fig. 3. Chalisoma Sw. Caudal fin large, doubly lunate;pelvis forming a ventral fin provided with rays;second dorsal and anal fins falcated; dorsal spineobtuse and rough ; teeth ? C. pulcherrima. Lesson. Atl. pi. 9. fig. 2. velata. Bl. 150. * Balistes Jacksonianus, Frey Zool. Y 3 326 CLASSIFICATION OF FISHES^ ETC. Capriscus Antiq.,AVm. Caudalfin truncate orrounded ; pel- ^^vis slightly pro-jecting, butdestitute ofrays ; dorsalspine obtuse and tuberculated ; teeth entire. erythropterus. Less. Atl. rivulatus. Riipp. Atl. ii. 16. 2. fiff. 3. (Jig. 104.) castaneus. Tnd. Z. i. pi. 9a 10. o Rondelettii. Yarrell, ii. 357. niger Sii?. Appendix. Leiurus Sw. Pelvis forming a large ventral fin pro-vided with distinct rays ; dorsal spines acute andsmooth; caudal small, doubly lunate j teeth longestin front, and sometimes notched in the middle. L. macrophthalmus. Russ. pi. 22. radiatus, Bowdich, lb. pi. 23. pi. 17. fig. 45. Pachynathus* Sw. Body short, broad, compressed;the head very large, and nearly as long as the body ;eyes very remote from the mouth, placed high uponthe crown, and immediately above the pectoral fins ;front teeth remarkably long; first dorsal spine obtuseand rough; pelvis with minute rays; caudal doublylunate. P. triangularis. Russell, pi. 20. Triacanthus Cuv. Ventrals represented by two largespinous rays attached to the pelvis, which does notproject beyond the skin ; dorsal fins two, the firstwith spined rays ; body with minute prickles, shapedas in Balistes,
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