9. OTOLITHUS. 305 



21. Corvina jubata. 



Sleeker, Borneo, viii. p. 160. 



The body is not quite so high as the head is long, the length of 

 which is one-fourth of the total. The snout is convex, obtuse, with 

 the upper jaw longest, shorter than the diameter of the eye, which 

 is 3|-8| in the length of the head. An outer series of larger teeth 

 in the maxillary bone. Prse-, sub- and interoperouliira distinctly 

 denticulated. Scales smooth, entire, except those of the crown and 

 neck, which are provided with prominent bunches of setiform teeth. 

 CaudaUs pointed ; the second anal spine thick, but only one-half the 

 length of the first ray, or one-fourth of the length of the head. 

 Coloration uniform. (S?.) 



Rivers of Bandjermassing (Borneo). 



22. Corvina fasciatsa. 

 Cheilotrema fasciatum, Tschiidi, Faim. Pa\ Ichthyol. p. 13. tab. 1. 



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

 head four times ; the diameter of the eye is 1 j in the extent of the 

 snout. Praeoperculum with the angle rounded, with the posterior 

 mai'gin nearly vertical, and with some slight denticulations infei'iorly. 

 An outer series of larger teeth. Caudal subtruncated ; the length of 

 the second anal spine is two-thirda of that of the first ray. Silvery, 

 with indistinct cross-bands. (Tsch.) 



Caleta of Chancay, between CaUao and Huacho. The typical spe- 

 cimen is in the Berhn Museum. 



9. OTOLITHUS*. 



Otolithus, Cm: Regne Anivi. ; Cuv. df Val. v. p. 59. 



Body oblong ; muzzle obtuse or slightly pointed, with the lower 

 jaw longer. Two dorsals, the first with nine or ten feeble spines ; 

 anal fin with small spines. Conical canine teeth more or less distinct, 



» 1. Otolithus versicolor, Cuv. ^ Val. v. 64, from Bussell, pi. 109; Canf. 

 Catal. p. Gl. — East Indiesf. 



2. virescens, Cup. tf- Val. v. p. 72. — Surinam. 



3. • aureus, Richards. Ichfh. Chin. p. 224. — Canton. 



4. reevesii, Richards. Ichfh. Chin. p. 224. — Canton. 



5. nebulosus, Cuv. ^- Val. v. p. 79. — America? 



6. tridentifer, Richards. I. c. p. 226. — Cliina Seas. 



7. Johnius aneus, Bl. \'ii. p. 135. taf.357 ; Corvina anei, Cuv. ^ Val. v. p. 131. 



— Tranquebar. 



t A single skin of a young specimen, from Dr. Cantor's Collection, is in the 

 British Museum, but it does not present peculiarities by which the species may 

 be properly distinguished. 



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