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13. Scimna semiluctuosa, D. 10 | -^l^, A. f , L. 1. 55-GO, L. tr. 8-0/25. Eye.=;, diameter 2/9 to 1/6 of length 

 of head. Second anal spine about 1/2 the length of head. Gray, with blackish bands going along each row of 

 scales : fins black. Seas of India to China. 



14. Sckena glaucus, D. 10 | Y-g^-^o, A. f, L. 1. 50, L. tr. 6/18. Eyes, diameter 3j to 4j in length of head. 

 Second anal spine 2/5 of length of head. Gray, a diffused bluish ojjercular blotch : an axillary spot : first 

 dorsal nearly black : vertical tins with gray edges. Seas of India. 



15. Sciccna caruUa, D. 10 | -^-gl^s^ ■^- f> ^- 1- '50> I^' tr. 5-6/18. Eyes, diameter 1/4 of length of head. 

 Second anal spine 2/7 to 2/5 of length of head. Pui"plish-brown, with a light band along the lateral-line. Fins 

 dark. Seas of India to the Malay Archipelago. 



16. Scia'tia osseus, D. 10 | Yj-Ya' -^- h ^- ^- ^Oi L. tr. 6/15. Eyes, diameter 1/5 of length of head. Second 

 anal spine 1/4 as long as the head. Gray, with the fins stained at their edges. Malabar. 



A. An enlarged inner row of teeth in the lower jaw (Pseudoscicena). 



1. Sciaena Bleekeri, Plate XLV, fig. 4. 

 Soh-lee, Bel. 

 B. vii, D. 10 I ^!^, P. 17, V. 1/5, A. A C. 17, L. 1. "W, L. tr. 9-10/18. 



Length of head 4j, of caudal 5|, height of body 4| in the total length. Ei/es — diameter 1/5 to 1/7 of length 

 of head, 1 j to 2 diameters from end of snout, and 1 apart. Greatest width of head equals 2/5 of its length, and 

 the height equals its length excluding the snout. Dorsal profile more convex than that of the abdomen, a slight 

 concavity over the eyes : head rather strongly compressed. Snout not overhanging the jaws, cleft of mouth 

 somewhat oblique, the jaws of about the same length anteriorly, the maxilla reaches to below the last third of 

 the eye, whilst superiorly its anterior extremity is on a level with the lower edge of the eye. The distance 

 between the eye and the upjser edge of the maxiUa equals 2/3 of the diameter of the orbit. Preojiercle with 

 some rather strong denticulations and three well-marked ones at the angle : two opercular spines. Shoulder- 

 scale strongly serrated. A pore above the centre of the fi'ee edge of the skin of the snout, and a smaller one 

 on either side, but no lateral lobe. Five pores on under surface of lower jaw below the symphysis. Teeth — 

 viUiform in both jaws, with an outer row of curved conical ones in the premaxillaries : whilst the inner row in 

 the lower is much larger than the rest of the teeth. Fins — fourth to sixth dorsal spines of about the same 

 height, one-third higher than the rays and equal to about 2| in that of the body. Pectoral equals two-thirds 

 of the height of the body. Ventral reaches half way to the anal fin. Second anal spine weak, half the length 

 of the first ray and about equal to 1| diameters of the orbit, the length of its base equals 4| of that of the soft 

 dorsal. Caudal wedge-shaped. Scales — cycloid on snout and under the eyes, ctenoid elsewhere. Lateral-line — 

 curves to above the middle of the anal fin, the tubes have simple bifurcations. Colours — Silvery-gray along the 

 back, becoming duU white below : a black sjaot in the axilla. First dorsal gray with a light line along its centre : 

 caudal dark in its outer third, fins otherwise yellowish. 



This species appears to be closely allied to Jolinius inicrolepis, Blocker, Sumatra, p. 11, or Pseudoscicena 

 microlepis, Bleeker, Mem. Scien. 1874, p. 23, but its anal spine is not nearly so long and its eye is much smaller. 



Habitat. — Bombay, fi-om whence two specimens were procui-ed, the largest, which is figured, being nearly 

 8 inches in length. Large specimens from 27 inches in length were not uncommon at Gwadur where the fish is 

 extensively salted. 



2. Sciaena miles, Plate XLIII, fig. 5. 



Solocentrus miles, Lacep. iv, p. 244. 



Lahrus tella katchelee, Russell, Fish. Vizag. ii, p. 13, f. 117. 



Corvina miles, Cuv. and Val. v, p. 94, ix, p. 479 ; Jerdon, M. J. L. and Sc. 1851, p. 131 ; Bleeker, Scia;n. 

 p. 17 ; Giinther, Catal. ii, p. 300. 



Corvina soldado. Cantor, Catal. p. 70. 



Corvina Wolfii, Bleeker, Borneo, p. QQ. 



Corvina sampitensis, Bleeker, Borneo, p. 421. 



Corvina Gelehica, Bleeker, Celebes, p. 244. 



Corvina dorsalis, Peters, Fische Mozam. p. 242. 



Johniiis Celehicus, Bleeker, Enum. Pise. p. 35. 



Johnius miles, Bleeker, Pinang, p. 75. 



Fseudosciwna m,iles, Bleeker, Memo. Scien. 1874, p. 25. 



Vella kattelee. Tarn. 



B. vii, D. 9-10 I ^l-^, P. 17, V. 1/5, A. f, C. 17, L. 1. 'JfT, L. tr. 8/16. 



Length of head 4i to 41, of caudal 1/6, height of body 3| to 1/4 of the total length, ^yes— diameter 4i to 1/5 

 of length of head, 1} diameters from end of snout, and 1 apart. Greatest width of head equals half its length, and 

 its height equals its length excluding the snout. Cleft of mouth moderately olilique. Snout not overhanging the 

 jaws which are of about equal length anteriorly, or the upper slightly the longer, the maxilla reaches to below the 

 last third of the eye. Preopercle with some rather widely separated denticulations especially at its rounded angle : 

 two opercular points. Free border of the skin of the snout with five orifices of canals and a small lateral lobe : 

 five pores on the inferior surface of the lower jaw. Teeth — villiform in the upper jaw, with an outer row of large 

 curved conical ones in the premaxillaries : villiform in the lower jaw with the inner row consisting of distantly 



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