NANDIMh). 39 



SCATOPHAGUS, Owe. & Val. 



121. Scatophagies tetracanthus. [649.] 



Chaetodon tetracanthus, Lacep. iv. p. 727, iii. pi. 25. f. 2. 

 Scatophagus fasciatus, Cuv. &; Val. vii. p. 144. 

 tetracanthus, Giinth. Fish. ii. p. 60. 



The width between the eyes is contained twice and a third in the length of the head. 

 The head is two-sevenths of the total length without caudal ; the greatest height of the 

 body is above the first anal spine ; the fourth dorsal spine is about one-third of this 

 height ; the praeorbital is not denticulated. 



Colour reddish olive, with six brown cross bands : the first from the nape, over the eye ; 

 the second from before the first dorsal spine, over the operculum ; the third below the 

 fourth to sixth dorsal spines ; the fourth below the last three dorsal spines ; the fifth 

 below the middle of the soft dorsal ; and the sixth across the tail. 



Length 6 inches. 



Mouth of Pangani River, east coast of Africa. 



DREPANE, Cuv. & Val. 



122. Drepane punctata. [Hi] 



Chaetodon punctatus, L. Gm. p. 1243. 

 Russell, pis. 79, 80, 81. 



Drepane punctata, Cuv. &f Val. vii. p. 132, pi. 179; Giinth. Fish. ii. p. 62; Kner, Novara, Fisch. 

 p. 107. 



East coast of Africa. Red Sea, through Indian Ocean to north-west coast of Australia. 



Family NANDIM). 



PLESIOPS, Cm. 



123. Plesiops nigricans. [ 643 -] 



Pharopteryx nigricans, Riipp. Atlas, Fische, p. 15, t. 4. f. 2, and N. W. Fische, p. 5. 

 Plesiops nigricans, Giinth. Fish. iii. p. 363. 



A single specimen, length 3| inches, was found in fresh water at Johanna. Bed 

 Sea. 



