62 SQUAMIPINNES. 



anal not elevated anteriorly ; the first ray of the ventral fins elon- 

 gate. Coloration nniform. (Cuv.) 

 Cape Verde. 



4. Ephippus orbis. 



Chffitodon orbis, Bl. tab. 202. f. 2 ; Bl. Sckn. p. 232 ; Lac^. iv. pp. 458, 



491 ; S?iaw,_ Zool. iv. p. 339. 

 Ephippus orbis, Ciit\ ^ Val. vii. p. 127 ; Richards. Ichth. Chin. p. 246 ; 



Blevker, Verhattd. Batav. Genootsch. xxiii. Chcetod. p. 22. 

 Ilarclies orbis, Cant. Catal. p. 160. 

 Ephippus melauopus, Bleekcr, Topogr. Batav. 



D. ^. A. fj. L. lat. 35. L. transv. 7/15. 



The third and fourth dorsal spines and the first ventral ray elon- 

 gate, filiform. Coloration uniform. 

 East Indian Seas. 



a. Adult. Sumatra. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



6. Adult : skin. Ceylon. Collected by E. F. Kelaart, M.D. 



8. DREPANE. 

 Drepane, Cuv. c^ Val. vii. p. 129. 

 Body much compressed and elevated. Snout short, with the upper 

 proiile parabolic. Dorsal deeply emarginate, with eight or nine 

 spines, the third of which is the longest and flexible ; the spinous 

 portion of the fin is not scaly, only folcUng into a groove. Pectorals 

 elongate, falciform ; anal spines three. No teeth on the palate ; 

 praeopercidum without spine. Scales moderate. Branchiostegals 

 six ; air-bladder prolonged into two horns posteriorly ; pyloric ap- 

 pendages in small number. 

 East Indian Seas. 



1 . Drepane punctata. 



Chtetodon piinctatus, L. Gm. p. 1243 ; Shaw, Zool. iv. p. 365. 



longimanus, Bl. Schn. p. 231. 



falcatus, Lacep. iv. pp. 452, 470. 



Russell, pis. 79, 80, 81. 



Ephippus punctatus, Cuv. R^gne Anim. 



lougimauus, Cuv. Ttegne Anim. 



Drepane pmictata, Cuv. (^- Val. vii. p. 132. pi. 179 ; Richards. Ichth. 



Chin. p. 245, and Ann. 8^ Mag. Nat. Hist. x. 1842, p. 28. 

 longimana, Cuv. ^- Val. vii. p. 133; Richards. Ichth. Chin. p. 245; 



Bleek. Verh. Batav. Genootsch. xxiii. Ch<etod. p. 23. 

 Harpochirus punctatus, Cant. Catal. p. 162. 

 longimanus, Cant. Catal. p. 163. 



D. ^. A. ^. L. lat. 50. L. transv. 14/33. Cffic. pylor. 2-3. 



The third dorsal spine is the longest ; the first ray of the ventral 

 fin elongate ; the pectoral reaches to, or nearly to the root of the 

 caudal. Uniform silvery, or with vertical series of brown specks, 

 which are sometimes confluent. 



East Indian Seas ; N.W. coast of Australia. 



