790 FISHES OF INDIA. 



Page 233. Teachtnotus eussellii. Add synonym. 



Trachynotns coppingeri, Giinther, Fish. Alert Expedition, 1881-2, p. 29, pi. iii, f. A. 



Page 234. Trachtnotds ovatus. Add synonym. 



Trachynotus kennedyi, Steind. SB. Ak. "Wein. Ixsii, p. 75, f. 9. 



Page 237. Psenes javanicus. Add synonym. 



Fsenes guamensis, Giinther, Fische Siidsee, ii, p. 145, t. xci, f. 100. 



Page 244. Add Gazza argentaria. 



Zeus argentarius (Forster) Bloc]], Schn. p. 96 ; Forster, Descr. Anim. p. 288. 

 Gazza tapeinosoma. Bleaker, Sumatra, p. 260. 



argentaria, Giinther, Catal. ii, p. 506, Fische Siidsee, ii, p. 144, pl. xci, f. B. ; Klunz. 

 F. R. M. p. 108. 

 Eqimla clentex, Peters, Fish. Moss. p. 246 (not C. V.). 



Length of head 3| to 4, of caudal fin 5, height of body 2i to 2| in. of the total length. 

 .E^/e— diameter | of "the length of the head, 2/3 of a diameter from the end of the snout. 

 Teeih — canines of moderate size. Fins — first dorsal higher than the second. Colours — 

 body grayish, \yith some dark lines passing along the rows of scales, light-coloured on the 

 chest ; dorsal, anal, and ventral fins nearly black, caudal of a dull yellow. 



Habitat. — Red Sea, Madras to the Malay Archipelago. A coloured figure named Psani 

 pare, Tamil, exists among the late Sir W. Elliot's drawings. 



Page 250. Scomber microlepidotus. Add synonyms. 



Scomier loo, Cuv. and Val. viii, p. 52. 



„ moluccensis, Bleeker, Amboina, p. 40. 



Page 251. Add Scomber janesaba. 



Scomher pneumatopliorus minor, Schleg. Fauna Japon. Pisces, p. 94, pl. xlvii, f. 2. 



„ janesaba, Bleeker, Japan, p. 406, and Verb. Bat. Gen. xxvi Japan, p. 96; 

 Giinther, Catal. ii, p. 359. 



B. vii, D. 9-10 I y\ I V-VI,P.22,V. 1/5, A. 1 1 j^, | ,V-VI, L.l. ca. 180. 



Length of head 3|, of caudal' fin 7j, height of body 7 in the total length. Eyes- 

 diameter 3| to 4| in the length of the head, U diameters from the end of the snout, and 

 1 apart. S'nout more pointed than in S. microlepidotus. Teeth— in jaws sti'onger than in 

 the last species, and well developed on the vomer and palatines. Colotcrs—simi\a.v to 

 those in the last species, with the addition of two or more rows of dark spots along the 

 back and also some transverse streaks. 



Habitat. — Persian Gulf to Japan. 



Page 263. Add Percis ctlindrica. 



Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1888, p. 260. 



B. vi,D. 5/21, P. 15, V. 1/5, A. 17-18, C. 15, L. 1. 44, L. tr. 2|/9. 



Length of head 4, of caudal fin 5|, height of body 5j- in the total length. Eyes — 

 diameter Sj in the length of the head, 1 diameter from the end of the snout, and i of a 

 diameter apart. The greatest width of the head equals its length, excluding the snout. 

 Cleft of mouth very slightly oblique : lower jaw a little the longer : the jjosterior 

 extremity of the maxilla reaches to beneath the first third of the orbit. The greatest 

 depth of the preoi-bital equals one-third of the diameter of the eye. All the opercles 

 entire : a well-marked spine on the opercle and another on the subopercle, no shoulder 

 spine. Teeth — two enlarged ones on either side, above the symphj-sis of the lower 

 jaw: fine ones on the vomer. i^'ms— second dorsal spine the longest, equalling 

 three-fourths of the diameter of the eye. Pectoral nearly as long as the head. Ventral 

 one-fourth longer than the head, reaching the base of the seventh anal ray. Caudal 

 slightly rounded. Gulours — reddish-brown, with five wide and dark vertical bands, 

 extending from the back to the lower surface, these bands being darkest at their edges 

 and disappearing about the middle of the body, where there are also some dark spots. A 

 brown ocellus at the upper part of the base of the caudal fin, which has some brown spots 

 on it. Numerous brown spots on the snout and upper surface of the head and cheeks, 

 some on the upper edge of the eye, where there are two dark narrow bands. Ventrals 

 white. First dorsal fin nearly black between the spines : soft dor.sal and anal with fine 

 dots between the rays. 



Habitat. — Two small specimens from the Andamans. 



