290 SCIiENID^. 



snout is convex, with the upper jaw overlapping the lower, and 

 equals the width of the eye, the charaeter of which is 4| in the 

 length of the head. Upper jaw with an external series of larger, 

 pomted teeth. Caudalis pointed ; the second anal spine stout. 

 Coloration uniform, very light ; a row of dark spots near the root of 

 each spine and ray of the dorsal fins. {HoJbr.) 

 Port Royal Sound (S. CaroUna). 



10. Scisena senegalensis. 

 Coi-vina seuegalla, Cuv. &f Val. v. p. 132. 



D. 10]^. A. f Caec. pylor. 4. 



The upper jaw overlapping the lower ; in hoth the jaws an ex- 

 ternal series of larger teeth. Praeoperculum scarcely crenulated. 

 CaudaUs rhomboidal. Body uniform ; dorsal fins with three series 

 of black spots. {Cuv.) 



Senegal. 



11. Scisena diacanthus. 



Lutjanus diacanthus, Lacep. iv. pp. 195, 244. 



RiisseJI, ii. pi. 116, 116. 



Bola chaptls, Bnch. Ham. p. 77. pi. 10. f. 25. 



Johuiiis cataleus, Cuv. Hk/iw Anim. ; Cuv. 8f Val. v. p. 128. 



chaptis, Cuv. ^ Val. v. p. 130. 



Conina catalea, Belanqer, Vot/. Ind. Orient. Zool. p. 860 ; Richards. 



Ichth. Chin. p. 226 ; ^Bleck. Verhand. But. Gen. xxiii. Scicen. p. 18. 

 Johnius platycephalus, {Kuhl Sf Van Hasselt) Cm: Sf Val. v. p. 132. 

 Scisena maculata, Gray, Ind. Zool. ii. pi. 89. f. 1 (young). 

 Johnius diacanthus, Cant. Catal. p. 67 ; Bleek. Java, iv. p. 326. 

 valenciennii, Eydmix (§• Souleyet, Voy. Bonite, Zool. i. p. 159. 



pi. 1. f. 2. 



D-10|,-^3. A.f L.lat.55. 



The height of the body is equal to the length of the head, and 

 about 4 to 4| in the total. The snout is moderately convex, with 

 the upper jaw overlapping the lower, longer than the eye, the dia- 

 meter of which is 4i to 0|^ in the length of the head. The upper 

 maxillary reaches a little behind the posterior margin of the orbit. 

 An outer series of larger teeth in the upper jaw. Prseoperculimi 

 rounded, distinctly denticulated. The pectoral fins are longer than 

 the ventraLs ; caudalis pointed ; the second anal spine about one- 

 third of the length of the head. Coloration of body uniform, ia 

 young individuals spotted with brown ; the dorsal and caudal fins 

 with round bro-«m spots ; the pectoral, ventral, and anal fins black ia 

 young individuals. 



All the Indian Seas. 

 a. Half-grown. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 

 h. Adult : stuffed. China. Presented by J. E. Reeves, Esq. 



c. Half-grown : stuffed. Chiaa. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 



d. Half-grown : stuffed. Bay of Bengal. From Dr. Cantor's Col- 



lection. 



