162 BLACK-BANDED CENTRARCHUS. 



inch in breadth, of a deep black colour; running from 

 the upper part of the operculum, or opposite the 

 eye, to the centre of the tail ; and having on the 

 extremity of the body, above its termination, a 

 circular spot of the same colour. The iris is pale 

 yellow. The dorsal fin, so far as Ave can count from 

 the drawing, has fourteen spiny and ten soft rays ; 

 the anal 3/7 ; the ventral 1/5 ; the first being of con- 

 siderable strength ; the first soft ray prolonged con- 

 siderably beyond the rest. Length of the drawing 

 is nearly five inches, depth two inches. 



