8. cosviNA, 303 



and is 4 j iu the total ; the diameter of the eye is one-fourth of the 

 length of the head. The snout is convex, and equal to the width 

 of the orbit, with the upper jaw overlapjiing the lower. The ex- 

 ternal series of teeth of the upper jaw is but little larger than the 

 internal ; the A-illiform band of the lower jaw is broader than that of 

 the upper. Pi-Eeoperculum scarcely creniilated, with a vertical pos- 

 terior limb. Caudalis convex or rhomboidal ; the second anal spine 

 very thick, two-tliii'ds of the length of the fii'st ray. The upper 

 half of the spiny dorsal, from the second to the seventh spine, black ; 

 the soft dorsal with four equidistant, large, oblique, black spots ; the 

 marginal half of the caudal, anal and ventral fins blackish. 



Coast of Malabar ; Sea and rivers of Tranquebar and Pondicherry ; 

 Sea of Pinang. 



a. Half-grown : skin. Sea of Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 

 IG. Corvina plagiostoma. 



Sleeker, Java, i. p. 100, and Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxii. Madura, 

 p. 10, xxiii. Sciceit. p. 17. 



D. 10-V,. A. 4. L. lat. 55. 



2/ -28 7 



The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is 4^ 

 in the total. The snout obtuse, with the jaws equal, shorter than 

 the diameter of the eye, which is one-third of the length of the head. 

 Cleft of mouth veiy oblique. Praopercidum shghtly denticulated. The 

 pectoral and ventral fins nearly equal in length ; the caudal pointed ; 

 the second anal spine strong, one-half of the length of the head. 

 Greyish above ; the spinous dorsal brown, the soft dorsal and the 

 caudal fins minutely dotted with brown, the other fins yellowish. (JBl.) 



Sea of Madiu-a. 



17. Corvina belangerii. 



Corv'ina belangeri, Cuv. «^ Val. v. p. 120, cop. in Belam/er, p. 358. 

 ? Cor\ana Inihlii, Cuv. ^ Val. v. p. 121 ; Blceher, Verhand. Butav. Ge- 

 nootsch. xxiii. Scicen. p. 18. 

 Johnius belangeri, Cant. Catal. p. 65. 

 ? Corvina sampitensis, Bleeker, Borneo, vi. p. 421. 



D-9-10|^. A.f L. lat. 48. 



The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is one- 

 fifth of the total. The snout is convex, with the upper jaw over- 

 lapping the lower, and shorter than the eye, the diameter of which 

 is 3i in the length of the head. An external series of larger teeth 

 in the upper jaw. Caudalis rhomboidal ; the length of the second 

 anal spine is two-thirds or four-fifths of that of the first ray. Back 

 and fins pale brownish ; the marginal half of the caudal, anal and 

 ventral fins blackish. 



Coast of Malabar ; Seas of Pinang, Malayan Peninsula, and Sin- 

 gapore. Borneo (?). 



a, h. Half-grown : skins. Sea of Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Col- 

 lection. 



