300 sciJiNiD^i:. 



posterior edge, strongest at the angle, the lowest directed downwards ; 

 suprascapiila serrated, coracoid entire. The dorsal spines moderately 

 strong ; caudahs irregularly truncated ; the second anal spine very, 

 strong, as long as the first ray, two-thii'ds the length of the head. 

 Pectoral and ventral fins equal in length. SUvery : the first dorsal 

 brownish, the other vertical fins with the margins minutely dotted 

 with black. Pseudobranchiae. 



Caribbean Sea ; Surinam. 

 a. Fine specimen. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 

 h. Fine specimen. S. Domingo. Purchased of Mr. Cuming. 



c. Half-grown. S. Domingo. Purchased of Mr. Cuming. 



d. e. Half-grown : skins. Jamaica. From Dr. Pamell's Collection. 

 /. Half-grown. Bahia. Purchased of M. Parzudaki. 



g. Half-grown. Sandwich Islands (?). From the Collection of the 



Zoological Society. 

 h. Half-grown: skin. 



9. Corvina cuja. 



Bola cuja, Buck. Hcmu Gang. Fishes, pi. 12. f. 27. 



? Johnius seiTatus, Bl. Schn. p. 76. 



Corvina cuja, Cuv. if Veil. v. p. 96 ; Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 58. 



D.10|,-^. A.f L.lat.48. L. transv. ^. 



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

 and 3| in the total length. The snout is convex, rather obtuse, with 

 the jaws nearly equal ; it is longer than the diameter of the eye, 

 which is one-sixth of the length of the head ; the interspace between 

 the eyes is rather narrower than the horizontal diameter of the eye 

 is long. An outer series of rather larger teeth in the maxillary 

 bone. The second anal spine exceedingly strong, as long as the first 

 ray, and | of the length of the head ; the caudal fin covered with 

 scales, the second dorsal and the anal scaly for one-third of their 

 height. Caudalis rounded. ObUque streaks above the lateral line, 

 horizontal ones beneath ; both dorsal fins with two longitudinal series 

 of brown spots. 



Ganges. Japan. 

 a, b. Large specimens : stuffed. 

 c, d. Adult : stirffed. 



e. Young. Calcutta. From the Collection of Messrs. von Schlag- 



intweit. 

 /. Dried. 



10. Corvina miles. 



Holocentrus soldado, Lacep. iv. pp. 344, 373. 



Russell, pi. 117. 



Coi-vina miles, Cuv. 8f Veil. v. p. 94, ix. p. 479 ; Bleek. Verhaml Batav. 



Genootsch. xxiii. Scimi. p. 17. 

 soldado, Cant. Catal. p. 70. 



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



