Part 3

In a work of this nature, it has not been thought desirable to enter into any discussion of the principles of scientific arrangement, or to effect any change in systems already received; its main object being the description of species. For this reason, I have taken the groups almost exactly as they stand in the “Histoire des Poissons” of Cuvier and Valenciennes, or in the “Regne Animal” of the former: yet there is reason to believe that many parts of their system will be found hereafter to require some modification, especially in regard to families and genera which have for their distinctive character the presence or absence of vomerine or palatine teeth. The small value which is to be attached to such character is pointed out in some instances in the following work, and much dwelt upon.

In conclusion, it may be stated, that the whole of the species in the collection of fish brought home by Mr. Darwin, described in the following pages, have been deposited by him in the Museum of the Philosophical Society of Cambridge. They are mostly in spirit, and, generally speaking, in a good state of preservation; some few, however, are in the state of skins only, and have been mounted.

L. JENYNS.

Swaffham Bulbeck, Jan. 8, 1842.

SYSTEMATIC TABLE OF SPECIES, WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE HABITATS.

ACANTHOPTERYGII.

PERCIDÆ. Perca lævis, Jen. South Patagonia. Serranus albo-maculatus, Jen. Galapagos Archipelago. —— Goreensis, Val.? Cape Verde Islands. —— aspersus, Jen. Ditto. —— labriformis, Jen. Galapagos. —— olfax, Jen. Ditto. Plectropoma Patachonica, Jen. North Patagonia. Diacope marginata, Cuv. Keeling Islands. Arripis Georgianus King George’s Sound. Aplodactylus punctatus, Val. Dules Auriga, Cuv. et Val. Maldonado. —— Leuciscus, Jen. Tahiti. Helotes octolineatus, Jen. King George’s Sound. Aphritis undulatus, Jen. Archipelago of Chiloe. —— porosus, Jen. Central Patagonia. Pinguipes fasciatus, Jen. North Patagonia. —— Chilensis, Val. Valparaiso. Percophis Brasilianus, Cuv. North Patagonia.

MULLIDÆ. Upeneus flavolineatus, Cuv. et Val. Keeling Islands. —— trifasciatus, Cuv. Tahiti. —— Prayensis, Cuv. et Val.? Cape Verde Islands.

TRIGLIDÆ. Trigla Kumu, Less. et Garn. New Zealand. Prionotus punctatus, Cuv. Rio de Janeiro. —— Miles, Jen. Galapagos.

COTTIDÆ. Aspidophorus Chiloensis, Jen. Chiloe. Platycephalus inops, Jen. King George’s Sound.

SCORPÆNIDÆ. Scorpæna Histrio, Jen. Galapagos. Sebastes oculata, Val.? Valparaiso. Agriopus hispidus, Jen. Archipelago of Chiloe. Apistus ——? King George’s Sound.

SCLÆNIDÆ. Otolithus Guatucupa, Cuv. et Val. Maldonado. —— analis, Jen. Coast of Peru. Corvina adusta, Agass. Maldonado. Umbrina arenata, Cuv. et Val. North Patagonia. —— ophicephala, Jen. Coquimbo. Prionodes fasciatus, Jen. Galapagos. Pristipoma cantharinum, Jen. Ditto. Latilus jugularis, Val. Valparaiso. —— princeps, Jen. Galapagos. Heliases Crusma, Val. Valparaiso.

SPARIDÆ. Chrysophrys taurina, Jen. Galapagos.

MÆNIDÆ. Gerres Gula, Cuv. et Val.? Rio de Janeiro. —— Oyena, Cuv. et Val.? Keeling Islands.

CHÆTODONTIDÆ. Chætodon setifer, Bl. Keeling Islands. Stegastes imbricatus, Jen. Cape Verde Islands.

SCOMBRIDÆ. Paropsis signata, Jen. North Patagonia. Caranx declivis, Jen. King George’s Sound. —— torvus, Jen. Tahiti. Caranx Georgianus, Cuv. et Val. King George’s Sound. Seriola bipinnulata, Quoy et Gaim. Keeling Islands. Psenes ——? South Atlantic Ocean. Stromateus maculatus, Cuv. et Val.? Chiloe.

TEUTHYDIDÆ. Acanthurus triostegus, Bl. Schn. Keeling Islands. —— humeralis, Cuv. et Val. Tahiti.

ATHERINIDÆ. Atherina argentinensis, Cuv. et Val.? Maldonado. —— microlepidota, Jen. Valparaiso. —— incisa, Jen. North Patagonia.

MUGILIDÆ. Mugil Liza, Cuv. et Val.? North Patagonia. ——? Keeling Islands. Dajaus Diemensis, Richards King George’s Sound.

BLENNIDÆ. Blennius palmicornis, Cuv. et Val. Cape Verde Islands. Blennechis fasciatus, Jen. Concepcion. —— ornatus, Jen. Coquimbo. Salarias atlanticus, Cuv. et Val. Cape Verde Islands. Salarias quadricornis, Cuv. et Val.? Keeling Islands —— vomerinus, Cuv. et Val.? Cape Verde Islands. Clinus crinitus, Jen. Coquimbo. Acanthoclinus fuscus, Jen. New Zealand. Tripterygion Capito, Jen. New Zealand. Iluocœtes fimbriatus, Jen. Archipelago of Chiloe. Phucocœtes latitans, Jen. Falkland Islands.

GOBIDÆ. Gobius lineatus, Jen. Galapagos. Gobius ophicephalus, Jen. Archipelago of Chiloe. Eleotris Gobioides, Val. New Zealand.

LOPHIDÆ. Batrachus porosissimus, Cuv. et Val.? Bahia Blanca.

LABRIDÆ. Cossyphus Darwini, Jen. Galapagos. Cheilio ramosus, Jen. Japan? Chromis facetus, Jen. Maldonado. Scarus chlorodon, Jen. Keeling Islands. —— globiceps, Cuv. et Val. Tahiti. —— lepidus, Jen. Tahiti. ——? Keeling Islands.

MALACOPTERYGII.

SILURIDÆ. Pimelodus gracilis, Val.? Rio de Janeiro. —— exsudans, Jen. Ditto.? Callichthys paleatus, Jen.

CYPRINIDÆ. Pœcilia unimaculata, Val. Rio de Janeiro. —— decem-maculata, Jen. Maldonado. Lebias lineata, Jen. Ditto. —— multidentata, Jen. Monte Video. Mesites maculatus, Jen. South Patagonia. —— alpinus, Jen. Tierra del Fuego. —— attenuatus, Jen. New Zealand.

ESOCIDÆ Exocœtus exsiliens, Bl.? Pacific Ocean.

SALMONIDÆ. Tetragonopterus Abramis, Jen. Rio Parana, S. America. —— rutilus, Jen. Ditto. —— scabripinnis, Jen. Rio de Janeiro. —— tœniatus, Jen. Ditto. —— interruptus, Jen. Maldonado. Hydrocyon Hepsetus, Cuv. Maldonado. Aplochiton Zebra, Jen. Falkland Islands. —— tæniatus, Jen. Tierra del Fuego.