278 sci^^NiD^. 



total length, the length of the head one-fifth. Dorsal line nearly 

 straight. The snout is very blunt, as long as the diameter of the 

 eye, one-fifth the length of the head. Pra;operculum very obsoletely 

 denticulated. The anal spine very slender, and about half the length 

 of the first ray. Coloration uniform. 

 Coquimbo, Chile. 



12. TJmbrina dussumieri. 

 Ciiv. ^ Val. ix. p. 481 ; Bleeker, Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiii. Scion, p. 19. 

 D. 10 I ^. A. 2/7. L. lat. 51. L. transv. ^. 



The height of the body is 3^ in the total length, the length of the 

 head 3| ; the diameter of the eye is 4| in the length of the head, 

 and much shorter than the snout ; the upper maxiUary reaches to 

 below the centre of the orbit. Prajoperculum rounded, without 

 visible dcnticulations ; the second anal spine moderate, its length 

 being 3| in that of the head; Coloration uniform (in spirits) ; the 

 fii-st dorsal greyish. 



East Indies. 



a. Half-grown. Sine patria. 



13. Umbrina amblycephalus. 

 Bleeker, Amboina, vi. p. 412. 



D. 10 I ^'. A. ^. L. lat. 53. 



Barbel shorter than the eye. The height of the body is nearly 

 eqvial to the length of the head, and 4| in the total. The diameter 

 of the eye is nearly one-third of the length of the head. The upper 

 maxillary reaches to below the posterior half of the eye ; the upper 

 jaw -tt-ith an external series of larger teeth. Praeoperculum rounded, 

 distinctly denticulated. Caudalis with an oblique notch ; the second 

 anal spine thick, shorter than the first ray. Coloration uniform. (Bl.) 



Sea of Amboyna. 



14. Umbrina russellii. 



Russell, pi. 118 (not finished figiu-e). 



Umbrina russelli, Cuv. Sf Val. v. p. 178 ; ? Bichards. Ichth. Chin. p. 226 ; 



Ca9it. Catal. p. 71. 

 kuMii, Cuv. ^ Val. v. p. 179 ; Bleek. Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. 



xxiii. Sciceti. p. 19. 



I^'10|iEr6- A-f L. lat. 50. 

 Barbel elongate, reaching to the angle of the mouth ; shorter in 

 young individuals. The height of the body is 3| in the total length, 

 the length of the head 4^. The snout equals in length the diameter 

 of the eye, which is one-fourth of the length of the head. Caudahs 

 rhomboidal ; the second anal spine foiir-fifths of the length of the 

 first ray. Silvery greyish-green : fi'om the vertex, between the eyes, 

 a blackish band runs obliquely backwards over the temple, termi- 



