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Barbels 1^ in head, reacliiug j)o.sterior margin of preopercle. Scales 

 large, ctenoid. 



Dorsal fins medinm ; spinons dorsal depressible into a groove ; first 

 spine rudimentary, scarcely perceptible, second and tliird spines longest, 

 1| in head, eighth spine 4 in second. The first ray of soft dorsal is 

 nnbranched but evidently articulate, shorter than the first branched 

 ray, which is 2^ in head, thence about regularly decreasing in heigbt. 

 Caudal well forked, its longest rays 1^ in head ; anal similar to soft dorsfil, 

 its spine vey^y minute and first ray nnbranched but plainly articulate. 

 Ventrals 2 in head. Pectorals If in head. Air-bladder moderate. 



Color, in spirits, nearly uniform yellowish; snout dusky, fius plain. 

 Peritoneum dark. 



One fine specimen (20,602), lif inches long. 



14.— CHILINUS DIGRAMMA (Lacep.) Cuv. & Yal. 



Sparus radiatus, Bl. Schu. p. 270, tab. 56 (uot of Linn.). 



Lahrm digramma Lac6p. Hist. Nat. Poiss. iii, pp. 448, 517, 1802. 



ClieUhius commersonii, "Beuu. Proc. Comm. Zool. Soc. i, 167." 



Cheilinits cocdnetis, "Rlipp. Atl. Fisclie, p. 23." 



CheUiruis diagrammus, Cuv. & Val. Hist. Nat. Poiss. siv, 98, 1839 (Isle of France, 

 S6ch611es, Madagascar, New Guinea); Blkr. Overzigt Labroieden, 4 (name 

 only), 38 (descriptions); Blkr. Tweede Bijd. Ichth Fauna Halujaheira, 2, 4 

 (name only). 



CheiUmts radiatus, Bleek. Atl. Iclith. i, p. 68, tab. 26, fig. 1, 1862; Gtbr. Cat. Fishes 

 Brit. Mas. iv, 131 (Moluccas, Amboyua, Louisiade Archipelago, Cape Flattery, 

 N. E. Australia); Gthr. Fish. Zanz. p. 89 ; " Klunz. Fisch. d. Roth. Meer. p. 556 " ; 

 Blkr. Vischsooten van Amboina, p. 21 ; Blkr. 8th Bijdrage Amboina, 7, 25 

 (name only); Blkr. Conspec. Moliicc. Cognit. 18 (Halmaheira, Batjau, Am- 

 boyna, Ternate, Archip. Molucc. ; name only); Blkr. Bijd.Visch. Nieuw Guinea' 

 3, 11 (name only); Blkr. Beschrij. Viseh. Manado Makassar, 5, 25 (Manado, 

 Macassar); Blkr. NieuweVerzamVisschen Batjau, 5 (name only); Blkr. Quat. 

 Mem. Ichth. Nouv. Guinea, 6 (name only). 



HahitaL — Isle of France, Sech^lle, Madagascar, New Guinea, Moluc- 

 cas, Amboyna, Louisiade Archipelago, Cape Flattery, IS". E. Australia, 

 Halmaheira, Batjau, Ternate, Archip. Molucc, Manado, Macassar, 

 Johnston's Island. 



Head 2^ (3^); depth 3 (31); length (26815) 12^ inches; D. IX, 10; 

 A. Ill, 8; scales, l^-21-5i; Br. 5. 



Body rather slender; profile not steep; snout rather pointed, 2f in 

 head; lower jaw produced; mouth little oblique, maxillary uot reaching 

 eye ; anterior canine teeth strong ; eye 7 in head ; interorbital space 4f 

 iu head; nostrils very small; gill-rakers placed wide apart, 10 on lower 

 part of arch, the longest ones 3 in eye; slit behind last gill obsolete; 

 gill-membranes not joined to the isthmus. 



First dorsal spine as high as orbital diameter, the spines increasing 

 slightly in height to the last, which is one-half higher than first; soft 

 part of dorsal higher than spinous, its highest rays 3 in head, the out- 

 line rounded; caudal subtruncate; first anal spine equals diameter of 



