130 TRIGLIDiE. 



darker. There is a large dark-bro\7n blotch between the fifth and 



eighth dorsal spines. 



inches. Lines. 



Total length 12 



Height of the body 3 7 



Length of the head 3 2 



Width between the orbits 6| 



Diameter of the eye 7 



Length of the first dorsal spine 6^ 



of the fourth dorsal spine 1 6 



of the fifteenth dorsal siiine 11 1 



of the thii'd dorsal ray ] 7 



ofthecandal 2 3 



of the third anal sprue 1 3 



of the fu"st anal ray 1 10 



3. Centropogon fuscovirens. 



? Apistiis ftisco-v-irens, Quot/ i^- Gaim. Voij. Astrol. Poiss. p. 695. pi. 11. 



f. 5 ; Ciw. ^- Val. iv. p. 409. 

 Apistus fuscovirens, Bleeker, Amboina ^- Ceram, p. 269. 



B. 7. D. ^. A. i 



Scales small. The cleft of the mouth is very slightly oblique ; the 

 jaws are nearly equal in front ; the maxillary bone reaches to below 

 the anterior half of the orbit. The dorsal begins above the eye ; the 

 second and tliird spines are the longest ; the ventral fins reach to the 

 anal ; the thii'd anal spine longer than the preceding ones. Brown- 

 ish, spotted with darker ; a large black blotch between the fifth and 

 ninth dorsal spines. {Bl.) 



Seas of AmbojTia and Ceram. 



4. Centropogon leucoprosopon. 



Apistiis leucoprosopos, Bleek. Act. Soc. Sc. Luh-Nederl. i. Amb. p. 35. 

 B. 6. D. ^. A. |. 



Scales very small. The second doreal spine is the longest ; the 

 third of the anal fin longer than the pi-eceding ones. The upper 

 maxillary reaches to below the anterior half of the orbit. Brownish- 

 yellow, dotted with darker ; snout, forehead and anterior part of the 

 eye white ; cheeks variegated with whitish ; caudal with a broad red- 

 dish-yellow cross-bar. Palatine teeth. (Bl.) 



Sea of Amboyna. 



12. APISTUS*. 



Apistus, sp., Cm. 8f Val. iv. p. 391. 



Polemius, Kaup in Wiegm. Archiv Naturg. 1858, p. 333. 



Head and body compressed, covered with ctenoid scales of rather 

 smaU size. Several bones of the head, and especially the praeorbital, 



* 1. Scorpsena carinata, Bl. Sck7i. p. 193. — Apistus carinatus, Cuv. ^- Val. iv. 

 p. 395. — Tranquebar. 



