ICIlTllYOLOOr. 109 



G. FILAMENTOSCS, CllV. ct Ylll. 



Xga-wet-sat. 



B. vi.; D. -iV; P. 15; V. i; A. ?; C. 17. 



Preopercle entire, with rounded angle. Teeth fine in the jaws. Dorsal si)incs of 

 modeiate strength, the second prolonged, sometimes in the adult extending to the 

 caudal. Colour .silvery, with rows of short oblong horizontal bluish spots along the 

 upper lialf of the body, eontimious below the scales in lines. Snout black. A basal 

 black .spot on each dorsal spine and ray. Caudal greyish externally. Fins yellow, 

 web dotted. The young have vertical bands, the alternate ones shorter. Grows to 

 8 inches or more. 



Coast of Burma. 



G. LuciDus, Cuv. et Val. 



B. vi.; D. tV; p. 15; V. i; A. f ; C. 17. 



Preopercle entire. Teeth fine. Dorsal spines of moderate strength, and not curved, 

 the fii-st very short, the third longest. Colour silvery, with an indistinct dark vertical 

 band over the nape ; a second below the dorsal spines and two more below the soft 

 dorsal. Snout black. Fins canary-yellow. Tlie upper lialf of the web between the 

 second and fifth dorsal .spines black, the rest of the tin dark-edged with black margin. 

 A median row of dark spots down the dorsal. Caudal grey-edged, the inferior lobe 

 with a very narrow wliile edge and wliite tip. 



Coast of Buima. 



It is, remarks Day, the most common Indian species, \'isiting the coasts in 

 enormous numbers. 



The dirt'crent species of Gerres are but little esteemed as food, on account of their 

 numerous bones and deficiency of flavour, and arc consequently principally consumed 

 fresh by the poorer classes. They are also extensively salted and dried. 



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Fnmihj Chaetodontidae (Sqtjamipinnes). 



Month generally small. Teeth villiform or setiform, with neither incisors nor 

 canines. Soft portion of dorsal exceeds its spinous. VentraLs thoracic, with 1 spine 

 and 5 rays. Air-vessel present, generally simple. 



A. No palatine teeth. 

 Cn.iiTonoN, Cnvicr. 



Brancliiostegals 6. Body elevated and strongly compressed. Spinous and soft 

 portions of dorsal continuous. 



a. Anal with 4 spines. 



C. TLEHEiu-s, Gmel. 



B. vi.; D. T3-^-; P- 15; V. ^; A. -nH=TTr; C. 17. 



Colour yellow, with a black, white-edged ocular band. A black, white-edged 

 ocellus at the base of the caudal. 

 The Andamans. 



b. Anal with 3 serines. 



C. F.iLCULA, Bloch. 



B vi.; D. -iW,^T^-S-; P. 15; V. 1 ; A. ^^ ; C. 17. 



Snout produced. Teeth brush-like. Colour of head and body red-lilac-purple, 

 turning to primrose posteriorly, and on the fins. A dark, white-edged ocular band, 

 narrower tlian the orbit, runs vertically through the eye and in front of the dorsal. 

 A black triangular blotch with its base' on the first 4 or 5 dorsal spines and its apex 

 on the lateral line, and a second having its base on the last 3 spines. A black band 



