142 TRIGLIDJE. 



8. Prosopodasys cottoides. 



Perca cottoides, L. Mus. Ad. Fried, ii. p. 84. 



Apistus cottoides, Cuv. 8f Val. iv. p. 410 ; Richards. Voy, Saniar. Fishes, 

 p. 4. pi. 3. f. 6, 7 (faidty) ; Bleek. JBatavia, p. 459. 



B. 7. D. 3 I ii. A. I-. 



Scales minute, rudimentary ; the first thi-ee dorsal spines rather 

 remote from the posterior ones. Cleft of the month slightly oblique, 

 wide, the upjier maxillary reaching to the vertical from the posterior 

 margin of the eye. Body and fins with small brown spots and rings, 

 No palatine teeth. 



Seas of Cliina, Borneo, and Java ; New Zealand. 



a. Adult. China. Presented by Sir J. Eichardson. 

 h. Adult. New Zealand. From the Haslar Collection. 



18. APLOACTIS*. 

 Aploactis, Tenim. 8f Schleg. Faun. Jajion. Poiss. p. 51. 



Head and body compressed, studded with small prickles ; the bones 

 of the head with obtuse protuberances, the praeorbital without spine. 

 The three anterior dorsal spines forming a more or less distinct di- 

 vision ; the remainder of the fin continuoas, with eleven spines. 

 Pectoral appendages none. Teeth in the jaws and on the vomer ; 

 none on the palatine bones. Five branchiostegals. 



Seas of Japan, China, and Australia. 



1. Aploactis aspera. 



Aploactis, Temm. Sf Schleg. Faun. Japan. Poiss. p. 51. pi. 22. f. 3. 

 aspera, Richards. Voy. Suljyh. Fishes, p. 72. 



B. 5. D. 3 1 ii. A. 12. V. 1/2. 



Uniform brown ; fins punctulated with black. The dorsal fin 

 begins behind the occiput ; the spines of the head obtuse. 

 Seas of Japan and China, 



a, Japan, Purchased of Mr. Frank, 



2. Aploactis milesii. 



Richardson, Proc. Zool. Sac. 1850, p. 60. pi. 1. f. 1, 2, and Ann. ^- Mag. 

 Nat. Hist. 1851, vii. p. 275. 



B. 5. D. ii. A. 12, V. 1/2. 



Caudal and pectoral fins with one or two rows of white spots. 

 The dorsal fin begins between the orbits. Head with obtuse Imobs 

 instead of spines. (Rich.) 



King George's Soimd. 



* Aploactis pusillus, Bleek., is known to me from the " Jaliresbericht" only, 

 contained in ' Wiegmann's Archiv,' 18.59. 



