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CHAP. XX.] FISHES. 433<br />

Family 29.—TEUTHIDID^. (1 Genus, 29 Species.)<br />

" Marine, herbivorous fishes, with compressed, oblong, small<br />

scaled bodies."<br />

DiSTKiBUTiON.—Eastern tropical seas, from Bourbon and the<br />

Eed Sea to the Marianne and Fiji Islands.<br />

Family 30.—ACRONUEID^. (5 Genera, 64 Species.)<br />

" Marine, herbivorous fishes, with compressed, minutely-scaled<br />

bodies."<br />

Distribution.—All tropical seas, but most abundant in the<br />

Malay region, and extending to Japan and New Zealand.<br />

Family 31.—HOPLEGNATHID^. (1 Genus, 3 Species.)<br />

" Marine fishes, with compressed elevated bodies, covered with<br />

very small toothed scales."<br />

Distribution.—Seas of Australia, China, and Japan.<br />

Family 32.—MALACANTHID^. (1 Genus, 3 Species.)<br />

" Marine fishes, with elongate bodies covered with very smaU<br />

scales, and with very long dorsal and anal fins."<br />

Distribution.—Atlantic coasts of Tropical America, Mauritius,<br />

and New Guinea.<br />

Family 33.—NANDID^. (6 Genera, 14 Species.)<br />

" Marine or fresh-water carnivorous fishes, with oblong, com-<br />

pressed, scaly bodies."<br />

Distribution.—From the Eed Sea to the coasts of China<br />

and Australia; and the fresh waters of the Neotropical and<br />

Oriental regions. Badis, Navdus, and Cat(ypra inhabit the<br />

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