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laeve, subconicum. Dentes quatuor, duo in utraque maxilla, granu- 

 losi seu denticulis obtusis arete imbricati. Pinnae abdominales in 

 antica parte abdominis, pone thoracem ut potius piscis abdominalis 

 quam thoracicus, etsi dentibus convenit Callyodontibus. Pinnae 

 omnes e fusco-castaneae : pectorales et caudalis extus sordide rubi- 

 cundae." (p. l.) s 



" Pisces adulti sesquipedales, a junioribus valde variant et pro- 

 portione et colore. Adulti crassi sicut cum capite parvo subtus (h. e. 

 gula) gibbosiusculo, abdomine late rotundato. Color adultorum 

 fusco-cinereus. Vitta laterali e maculis magnis sordide carneis in- 

 terrupta, non continuata. Br. 5 ; D. 34 ; A. 14 ; C. 14 ; P. 14 ; V. 5. 

 Pinna dorsalis postice altior ; radius postremus subduplex. Pinna 

 analis itidem postice altior : radiis primis minutis. Pinnae pectorales 

 oblongo-rotundatae. Pinnae ventrales in thorace sed pone pinnas 

 pectorales sitae. Obs. Figura nostra exhibet piscem crassiorem, 

 praecipue gulam." (p. 39.) 



The figure here referred to is eleven inches and a half long, and 

 represents a fish with a fuller head and more obtuse snout than 

 Odax semifasciatus or pullus of the ' Histoire des Poissons.' The eye 

 is farther from the profile than in either of these, and the body is 

 less slender, its height being just equal to the length of the head and 

 to one-fifth of the total length, caudal included. The dorsal undu- 

 lates in its height : its first four rays are equal to each other, after 

 which the fin gradually lowers to the thirteenth or fourteenth spine 

 and then rises again, so that the posterior quarter of the fin is higher 

 than the four anterior rays. The caudal is slightly concave, with its 

 angles scarcely rounded. Parkinson has added the following note 

 respecting the colours: — " The stripe on the side silvery, the spots 

 on the P. D. and P. A. transparent. The membranes of the tail trans- 

 parent, the spots on the side purple-gray." The back is tinted dark 

 liver-brown, fading on the belly, with roundish spots below the lateral 

 line ranging from the pectoral to the caudal. 



George Forster's sketch of Odax pullus (202. Banks. Libr.), 

 discovered in Queen Charlotte's Sound, New Zealand, seems, 

 from a query appended to it, " an Catty odon coregonoides ? n 

 to have been considered by some annotator to be a represen- 

 tation of Solander's fish. The general proportions of the fish 

 and the numbers of the fin-rays correspond, but the figure 

 does not indicate the characteristic lateral stripe of vittatus, 

 nor does the dorsal exactly correspond in shape, being even 

 for two-thirds of its length, and then rising agreeably with 

 the phrase in J. R. Forster's notes as quoted by Schneider 

 (Scarus pullus, p. 288), "pinna dorsi longitudinalis, primum 

 aqualis dein adscendensP No spots are expressed in Forster's 

 pencil sketch, nor are any mentioned by Schneider. The cau- 

 dal is described by the latter as sublunate, and also by M. 

 Valenciennes, who adopts the species; but his plate (No. 408) 

 in the ■ Histoire des Poissons' exhibits an even dorsal, a 



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