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TrENEUS Russellii, Cuv. & Vol. iii. p. 465. 

 Upeneus Indicus, Gunther, Catal. i. p. 406. 



.B. iv. D. 8 | 9. P. 16. V. I A. i. C. 14. L. 1. 30. L. tr. f. 



Barbels reach beyond angle of preopercle. Spaco between the orbits rather flat. Opercle 

 has two small spinous points. Snout scaleless. Nostrils small, approximating, rather distant from 

 orbit. Caudal lobed. 



Colours — Upper part of head and back dark purple, with some light violet lines. Cheeks 

 pink variegated with yellow, and tortuous bght blue Unes. A dark spot at corner of mouth. Two 

 oblong oval spots on lateral line, the first white shot with gold, the second beyond the end of 

 second dorsal, and of a dark purple, lighter in the centre. Abdomen white, with horizontal golden 

 lines. Dorsal fins purplish streaked with blue, pectoral pink, anal white and pink with a few 

 yellowish cross bars, caudal purplish, the membrane between the rays greenish. 



Grows to thirteen inches in length. 



Habitat — Seas of India and China. 



* Upeneus Malabaeicus. 

 Upeneus Malabaricus, Guv. & Veil iii. p. 467 ; Giinther, Catal. i. p. 407. 



B. iv. D. 8 | 9. A } — 7. L. 1. 30. L. tr. f . 



Head oblong, its barbels extend beyond the angle of the preopercle. Preorbital longer than 

 wide, and marked with numerous pores. Teeth thin and short. 



Colours — Rosy, a pale line traverses the forehead in front of eyes. A large pale or golden 

 spot on the lateral line opposite the interval between the two dorsals. A round black spot on the 

 side of the root of the tail. 



Length up to six inches. 



Habitat — Malabar, Philippine Islands. 



Genus CHKYSOPHKYS, Cuvier. 



Brancliiostegals, six : pseudobranchire. Body oblong, compressed. Four or six conical or blunt teeth 

 in front, and three or more series of rounded molars in both jaws. One continuous dorsal with eleven 

 or twelve spines, which can be received into a groove. Three anal spines. Scales of moderate size, 

 extending over the cheeks. Air bladder sometimes notched, or with very short appendages. Pyloric 

 appendages few. 



Chkysopheys HASTA. 



Spaeus hasta, Bloch, Schn., p. 275. 

 Coius datnia, Ham. Bucli. pp. 88, 369. pi. 9. f. 39. 

 Cheysophrys longispinis, Cuv. & Veil vi. p. 116. 

 Cheysopheys beeda, Guv. & Vol. vi. p. 113. 

 Chrysophrys hasta, Giinther, Catal. i. p. 490. 



B.vi. D.JJ-:-^]. P. 15. V. i. A.**. C. 17. L.1.48. L. tr. $ 



Length of head \, of pectoral \, of caudal i, of base of dorsal f, of base of anal \ of total 



length. Height of head \, of body f, of hard dorsal \, of soft dorsal j\, of ventral }., of anal 1 



of total length. 



