the fishes of malabar. 53 



* Cortina bemiluctuosa. 

 Corvina semiluctuosa, Cuv. & Vol. v. p. 97, pi. 10G ; Giinther, Catal. ii. p. 304. 



B. vii. D. 10 | 31. P. 18. V. ^. A. f . C. 17. 



Length of head f- of total length. Height of body nearly equal to length of head. 



Upper jaw convex, overlapping the lower. The membraneous border of preopercle very in- 

 distinctly crenulated. Opercle ending in two points. 



Fins — Second anal spine very strong and one fourth shorter than the first ray. Caudal rounded 

 or slightly rhomboidal. Pectoral of moderate size, semi-oval. Ventral with first ray rather pro- 

 longed. 



Colours — Of a silvery ground colour with oblique brown-black lines passing backwards and 

 upwards along the centre of each row of scales. There are about forty above the lateral line, and 

 twenty or twenty-one below it. All the fins are blackish brown. 



Is good eating. Grows to six inches in length. 



Habitat — Seas of India and Malaysia. 



* Corvina carutta. 

 Johnius carutta, Bloch, t. 356 ; Cantor, Catal. p. 66. 



Corvina carutta, Cuv. & Vol. v. p. 124 ; Giinther, Catal. ii. p. 302. 

 ? Corvina carouna, Cuv. & Vol. v. p. 125. 



B. vii. D. 10 | ot'j,. P. 16. V. £. A. f. C. 17. L. 1. 50. 



Length of head y^ in total length. Height of body nearly T 3 3 of total length. 



Eyes — Diameter \ of length of head, 1 diameter from end of snout. 



Snout convex, upper jaw overhanging the lower. Preopercle indistinctly crenulated : posterior 

 limb vertical. Four pores on lower surface of mandibles. 



Teeth — Villiform, with the external row slightly enlarged in the upper, whilst the band of 

 teeth is wider in the lower jaw. 



Fins — Second anal spine very strong, and two thirds the length of the first ray. Caudal 

 rounded or rhomboidal. 



Colours — Upper surface of head and back dark brown claret colour, lighter and silvery on the 

 cheeks, sides, and abdomen. Scales minutely dotted with black, and their margins of a deeper 

 brown than the ground colour. Fin membranes pale yellowish white, minutely dotted with black, the 

 upper half of spinous dorsal — from second to seventh spines — black, the soft dorsal with four equi- 

 distant, large, oblique black spots : the marginal half of caudal, ventral and anal fins blackish. 

 Iris golden, orbital half, bluish black. 



Grows to one foot in length. 



Habitat — Seas and rivers of Malabar and Malaysia. 



* Corvina axillaris. 



Corvina axillaris, Cuv. & Vol. v. p. 113 ; Giinther, Catal. ii. p. 302. 



B. vii. D. 10 | ^yl^. A. f. L. 1. 52. L. tr. T 8 ¥ . Ctec. pylor. 9. 



Length of head \ of total length. Height of body fe to f^ in total length. 



Eyes — Diameter § of length of head, 1 diameter from end of snout, 1J diameters apart. 



Mouth short and rounded, jaws nearly equal in front; cleft of mouth very oblique, maxilla 



