10. T^^IANOTUS. 127 



provided ■vrith small spines. Reddish : body with broad, brown, 

 rather irregular bands ; the spinous dorsal brown, margined with 

 black ; the rays of the other vertical fins black-spotted ; pectorals 

 with about six black cross-bands. 

 Seas of Ceram and AmbojTia. 



a-f. Half-grown. Amboyna. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 

 9. Pterois heterura. 



Bleek. Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Nederl. i. p. 33. 



D. 12||. A.|. L. lat. 3G. 



Caudal emarginate, with the lobes produced and about 2| in the 

 total length. The width of the interocular space is about one-half 

 the diameter of the eye, which is one-third of the length of the head. 

 The pectoral fins reach to the caudal. Rose-coloured : the head with 

 five or six, and the body with as many brown cross-bands ; fina 

 spotted. (5?.) 



Sea of Amboyna. 



9. PTEROIDICHTHYS. 



Pteroidiehthys, Bleek. Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Ncderl. i. Amhoina, p. 33. 



Head and body compressed ; the fonner with skinny appendages, 

 but with spines on the operculum and prteoperculum only. Scales 

 of moderate size. One dorsal, deeply notched, with eleven spines ; 

 anal short; the rays of all the fins simple ; no pectoral appendages. 

 ViUiform teeth in the jaws and on the vomer ; none on the palatine 

 bones. Seven branchiostegals. 



East Indian Archipelago. 



1. Pteroidiehthys amboiaensis. 



Bleeker, I. c. p. 34. 



D. ij. A. |. L. lat. 40. 



The pectoral fins reach to the middle of the anal. Rose-coloured. 

 Seas of Amboyna and North Celebes. 



10. TiENIANOTUS. 



Tsenianotus, {Lacep.) Cut: Sf Vol. iv. p. 371. 



Head and body compressed and elevated ; the foiTuer ai-med with 

 spines on the upper surface and on the sides. Scales small. One 

 elevated dorsal, not notched, and contiguous with the caudal; the 

 spinous portion with twelve (eleven) spines ; anal and pectorals 

 moderately long ; ventrals thoracic ; no pectoral appendages. Teeth 

 in the jaws ; vomerine teeth ; none on the palatine bones. 



East Indian Archipelago. 



