292 SCI."ENID^. 



Scinsna hololepidota, Cut: 8f Val. v. p. 53 ; Qiioy Sf Gaim. Voy. Astrol. 



Poiss. p. 697. pi. 12. f. 1. 

 capensis, Smith, III. S. Afr. Fishes, pi. 15. 



D. 10 1 ~. A. |. L. lat. 53. L. transv. ^i. Csec. pylor. 10. 



Vert. 11/13. 

 The length of the head forms one-foiirth of the total, the greatest 

 depth of the body one-fifth ; the diameter of the eye is one-sixth of 

 the length of the head, and one-half of that of the snout. The 

 denticulations of the prseopcrciilum become obsolete with age ; oper- 

 culum and suboperculum not notched at their lower margins. Cau- 

 dal fin nearly tnmcated. 



Mediterranean ; British Channel ; Frith of Forth ; Cape Seas. 



a. 5 feet 1 inch long : stufi^ed. English coast. 



b. 4 feet 4 inches long and 11 inches high. English coast. — Snout 



deformed. 



c. Large specimen : stuffed. 



rf. Large specimen: stuffed. Brixham. From Dr. Parnell's Collection. 



e. Adult : stuffed. From Mr. YarreU's Collection. 



/. Adult: stuffed. Plymouth. Presented by Lieutenant H. F. 



Spence, R.N. 

 g, h. Fine specimens. Lisbon. Presented by the Rev. R. T. Lowe. 

 i. Adult. Algoa Bay. — (Sciana hololeindota.) 



15. Scisena sina. 



Johnius sina, Cuv. 8f Val. v. p. 122. 



Corvina sina, Belang. Voy. Indes Orient. Zool. p. 359 ; Faun. Japon. 



Poiss. p. 58. pi. 24. f. 2 (not good) ; Bleek. Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. 



xxvi. p. 82. 



D-lOU-7^,. A.f L. lat. 46. 



The height of the body is 4 or 4^ in the total length, and equals 

 that of the head ; the diameter of the eye is 3 or 3^ in the latter ; 

 the snout is obtuse, convex, shorter than the diameter of the eye, 

 with the upper jaw rather longer than the lower. The upper max- 

 illary reaches to below the posterior half of the orbit ; the upper jaw 

 is armed with an external scries of larger teeth. Praeoperculum 

 rounded, with very distinct spinous teeth. The pectoral fins longer 

 than the ventrals ; caudaiis pointed ; the second anal spine one-third 

 or one-fourth of the length of the head. Above greyish-green, with 

 a dark blotch behind the oiierculum. 



Pondicherrj' ; coast of Malabar ; Japanese Sea. 



16. Sciaena dussumieri. 



Corvina dussumieri, Gw. &• Val. v. p. 119 ; lUgne Anim. HI. Poiss. 



pl.28. f. 2. 

 Jonnius dussumieri, Cant. Catal. p. 64. 



D- 10 1 55^9- A.f Vert. 10/14. 

 The height of the body is 5-i- in the total length, the length of the 



