352 FISHES or xew csuixea, 



124. HoLOCEXTRUM RUERU^r, Forsk. 



Guuth., Cat. 1, p. 35.— Bleek., Atl. Ichth., Tracliiclit. pi. 3, %1 4. 

 — JI. orlentale and margimtum, Cuv. & Val. 

 " Ivururu " of the natives. 



125. HOLOCENTRUM SAMMARA, Forsk. 



Gunth., Cat. 1, p. 46.— Bleek., Atl. lelitli. Trachiclit, pi. G fig. 

 5, <S:e. — II. Christ lanum, Cuv. & Yal., andEilpp., Atlas, p. 85. 



" Kururu " of the natives. 



12G. HOLOCEXTRUM DIADEMA. 



Gunth., Cat. 1, p. 42.— Less., Toy. Duperr. Zool. 2, p. 220, 

 pi. 25, f. 2.— Bleek., Atl. Ichth. Trachicht, pi. 2, fig. 1. 



127. HOLOCENTRUM GOLDIEI. 



D. 10/tV a. 4/7. L. lat. 44. 



Height of body nearly, and length of head quite four times in 

 the total length. Eye very large, the supraorbital ring forming 

 a slight convexity in the profile, the space between the eyes is 

 flat, channelled, and nearly equal to the diameter of the eye, the 

 distance from the eye to the snout is about half the diameter of 

 the orbit ; the maxillary reaches to below the middle of the eye. 

 The armature of the suborbital and the spines of the preoper- 

 culum and operculum are unusually small for the genus. The first 

 dorsal spine is not much shorter than the second, the ninth is 

 very short, and the spine of the soft dorsal is also short. The 

 first spine of the anal fin is minute, the third very large and thick. 

 The colour is silvery all over, with a blackish base to each scale, 

 giving a striped appearance to the fish ; the scales on the cheek 

 are distinctly marked with groups of from three to five minute 

 black dots, each with a whitish or bluish centre. The fins are 

 immaculate. Iris yellow. 



Several specimens about 6 inches long. 



