50 TEUTHIDIOE. 



Family TEUTHIDUXE. 



TEUTHIS, L. 



160. Teuthis corallina. [703.] 



Amphacanthus corallinus, Cuv. £$ Val. x. p. 139; Mull, fy Schleg. Verh. Overz. Bezitt. Vissch. p. 10, 



pi. 2. f. 2. 

 Teuthis corallina, Giinth. Fish. iii. p. 316. 



Seychelles. Molucca Sea. 



161. Teuthis stellata. [275, 488.] 

 Scarus stellatus, Forsk. p. 26. no. 10. 



Amphacanthus stellatus, Bl. Schn. p. 209; Riipp. N. W. Fische, p. 129. 



punctatus, Riipp. All. Fische, p. 46, pi. 11. f. 2 (not Bl. Schn.). 



nuchalis, Cuv. fy Val. x. p. 140. 



Teuthis stellata, Giinth. Fish. iii. p. 320. 



Zanzibar. Bed Sea. Ceylon. 



162. Teuthis rostrata. Plate X. fig. 2. [630.] 

 ? Teuthis rostratus, Cuv. fy Val. x. p. 158. 



L>. JQ. A. g. V . J. 



The height of the body is contained thrice and a half in the total length, the length 

 of the head five times and a half in the same ; caudal deeply forked, the length of one 

 of its central rays being two-fifths of that of the outer ones. The soft portion of the 

 cheek, between the orbit, the prseopcrcular limbs, and the snout, is lower than the orbit, 

 and twice as long as high. There are from sixteen to seventeen teeth on each side of 

 the upper and lower jaws. The anterior edge of the orbit is scarcely serrated. The 

 spines of the fins are of moderate length and strength, the fifth of the dorsal being not 

 quite half as long as the head, and a little longer than the snout, which is somewhat 

 more produced than in the other species. 



Ground-colour bluish, with numerous yellow vermiculated streaks broken up into 

 spots on the anterior part of the body * ; spinous portions of the fins brown, rays of the 

 dorsal and anal with broad brown cross bands. Caudal lobes with several indistinct 

 brownish cross bands. 



Length 10 inches. 



Zanzibar. \ Bed Sea. 



* As these disappear in preserved specimens, they are not shown in the figure. 



