152 TR1GLID.=E. 



descends obliquely from the fourth, fifth and sixth spines to the 

 belly ; caudal -with a white cross-band. 

 Seas of China and Madi-as. 



a. Adult. China. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. — Type of the 



species. 

 6, c. Adult. Madras. Presented by T. C. Jerdon, Esq. 



Third Group. COTTINA. 



Triglklce with the spinous portion of the dorsal fin less developed 

 than the soft and than the anal, with the body naked, or covered with 

 ordinary scales, or incompletely cuirasscd with single series of plate- 

 like scales ; pyloric appendages in small number. Formula of the 

 vertebra mjl^, 



28. PODABRUS*. 

 Podabrus, Hichards. Voy. Samar. Fishes, p. 11. 



Head and body compressed, without any scales or tentacles ; bones 

 of the head not armed, except the operculum and the prffioperculum, 

 the latter of which has a reciu-ved spine at its posterior margin. 

 Two dorsals, the first with ten feeble spines ; anal rather elongate ; 

 no pectoral appendages ; ventrals rudimentary, with two soft rays. 

 Small cardiform teeth in the jaws, on the vomer and the palatine 

 bones. Six branchiostegals. 



Sea of China. 



1. Podabrus centropomus. 



Richards. I. c. p. 11. pi. 1. f. 7-11. 



D. 10 I 20. A. 18. V. 1/2. 



Snout produced, narrow ; the upper outline of the back considerably 

 curved, the greatest depth of the body being not much less than the 

 length of the head ; the lateral line strongly cui-ved upwards above 

 the pectoral. Coloration uniform (in spirits). 



The sea off the Island of Quelpart, in the Straits of Korea. 



a. Type of the species. Presented by Captain Sir E. Belcher. 

 2. Podabrus cottoides. 



Richards, l. c. p. 13. pi. 1. f. 1-0. 



D. 10 I 19. A. 18. V. 1/2. 

 Snout of moderate extent ; back not elevated, the greatest depth 



* The genus Hoplocottus, Kaup, in Wiegm. Arch. 1858, p. 339, is a mixture 

 of forms so different that it does not appear advisable to introduce it into the 

 synonymy. 



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