The natural history of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals . linear ; jaws produced, broader than high; mouthlarge; teeth strong, those in front much lengthened;dorsal fins two, triangular, remote; ventral fin under thefirst dorsal. Sphvr^na Cuv. Body much lengthened ; jaws pro-duced, equal, but the chin advanced and pointed asin Trichiurus; dorsal fins placed at equal distancesfrom the head and the caudal fin. S. Europea. ParalepisCmu. Habit of the last, but the two dorsal finsand the ventral placed much nearer to the caudal thanto the pectoral fins ; lateral teeth unequal,
The natural history of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals . linear ; jaws produced, broader than high; mouthlarge; teeth strong, those in front much lengthened;dorsal fins two, triangular, remote; ventral fin under thefirst dorsal. Sphvr^na Cuv. Body much lengthened ; jaws pro-duced, equal, but the chin advanced and pointed asin Trichiurus; dorsal fins placed at equal distancesfrom the head and the caudal fin. S. Europea. ParalepisCmu. Habit of the last, but the two dorsal finsand the ventral placed much nearer to the caudal thanto the pectoral fins ; lateral teeth unequal, corregonoides. Cuv. and Val. 66. ZElD-a:. CENTRONOTINiC. 243 Chirostoma jSw. (JigMJ) Snout slightly produced; teethsmall; body oblong ;first dorsal fin small^placed over the vent. A. Humboldtiana. Val. pi. 306.* () Atherina Linn, (^) Snout very obtuse ; the mouth opening nearly vertically ; eyes very large^ close to^ the snout ; first dorsal placed between the ventralandthe hepselus Zznra. Cuv. pi. 302. (fig. 68.) A. Boieri. 303. 4. SuBFAM. CENTRONOTIN^.Body lengthened or oblong; spines in front of the dor-sal ; ventral fins perfect; scales generally very small. El AGATE Cuv. Body lengthened^ slender; mouth wide;lower jaw the longest; dorsal and anal fins oppositethe former, preceded by a row of acute spines orprickles_, representing the first dorsal; lateral hnesmooth, sinuated. Ekicate Cmy. Body lengthened; scales very minute; dor-sal and anal fins long, with several detached spinesin front of the former ; head lengthened, depressed;mouth wide; lower jaw longest; eyes behind thegape; pectoral and caudal large ; ventral small; tailnot carinated; lateral line undulated ; three first raysof the anal spinous, but without any detached Atlantica. Cuv. pi. 233. Meladerma Sw. General structure of Elacate, but theunder jaw is shorter than the upper. M. nigerrima. Russ. pi. 153. (Pedda. motfah.^ * This type seems to me to con
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