28 Dr. Richardson's Contributions to 



Dimensions. inches, lines. 



Length from tip of snout to dorsal 2 4£ 



hinder margin of orbit 1 



orbit to end of dorsal or anal 4 



Height of third, fourth and fifth dorsal spines 1 



. jointed rays of dorsal 9 



second anal spine 8 



jointed anal rays 7 



Length of caudal fin 1 3 



■ ventrals 1 4 



ventral spine 9 



pectorals 1 8 



Drepane punctata, the Spotted Reaper-fish. 



Chcetodon punctatus, Solander, Pise. Nov. Holl. ined. Parkins. No. 21. 



" Chatodon punctatus. Habitat in Nova, Hollandia prope Endea- 

 vour's Careening place, ex oceano fluvios ascendens. Corpus latum, 

 fere subrotundum, valde compressum. Caput majusculum, infra ocu- 

 los squamosum, alias nudum, supra oculos declive. Oculi magni, 

 iris argentea, pupilla nigra. Os parvum. Dentes setacei, minimi, 

 conferti, tantummodo in maxillis ; faux, lingua et palatum glabrae. 

 Maxillae obtusa?. Nares prope oculos, rotundi, minores apertura? vix 

 anteriores sed interiores, h. e. dorso capitis propiores. Lingua lata, 

 obtusa, crassa, brevis. Branchiarum opercula nuda, laevissima. Mem- 

 brana branchiostega 6-radiata. Gula dilatabilis. Humeri elevati 

 crassiusculi. Dorsum acutum, attenuatum, postice deorsum rotun- 

 datum. Latera plana. Linea lateralis ad basin capitis incipit, dorso 

 propior, secundum flexuram dorsi arcuata, in postrema cauda de- 

 scendit. Anus ante medium piscis, a pinna anali remotus. Cauda 

 brevis lata, plana, valde compressa. Pinna dorsalis, paulo ante me- 

 dium dorsi incipiens, in summo dorso spinosa, posticfe mutica, elevata, 

 usque ad caudam extenditur : pars spinosa 8-radiata ; radii 1 et 2 

 brevissimi, adpressi, 3 tius longus dein sensim breviores, 8 VUS areliquis 

 ad partem muticam parum remotus : pars mutica 21-radiata, aequalis, 

 postice rotundata, basi squamosa. Pinnae pectorales falcatae, ad cau- 

 dam elongata?, mutica?, 17-radiata? ; radius 6 lus longissimus. Pinna 

 analis 20-radiata ; radii tres anteriores spinosi, breves decumbentes, 

 reliqui mutici, longi, pinnam efficientes parti posterioris dorsalis si- 

 millimam, basi squamosam. Pinna? ventrales ovatae, acuminata?, bre- 

 ves, sed pone anum extensae, 6-radiata? ; radius l mus spinosus, vali- 

 dus, 2 dus longissimus, apice subramentaceus. Pinna caudalis lata, 

 subcuneata, subtruncata, in medio parum rotundata, angulis latera- 

 libus acutis parum productis, 17-radiata. Squama? mediocres, arete 

 adha?rentes. Br. 6 ; D.8|21; A.3|l7; C. 17 ; P. 17; V. 1|5. 



" Color totius piscis argenteus : latera a summo dorso infra me- 

 dium maculis nigris* ornata ; maculae seriebus transversalibus, ina?- 

 qualibus disposita?. Fig. Pict. Piscis saepe sesquipedem longus." — 

 Pise. Nov. Holl. 



* Parkinson has noted beneath his sketch, that " the whole fish is silvery 

 with fuscous spots." 



