310 SCIvENID^. 



13. Otolithus argenteus. 



Otolitlius argeuteus, (KuJd <.y v. Ilass.) Cur. ^- Val. v. p. G2 ; Richards. 

 Ic/ifh. China, p. 225 ; Bleck. Verhand. Butar. Genootsch. xxiii. p. 15. 

 PScisena japonica, Faun. Japan, p. 58. pi. 24. f. 1 (bad). 



D- 10 I stV.- ^- V- L. lat. 70. Ctec. pylor. 6. 



I 25-28 7 -^ "^ 



The height of the body is 5A in the total length, the length of the 

 head 4g ; the diameter of the eye is 6j in the latter. Canines in 

 both the jaws very strong. Prseoperciilum with very small denti- 

 culations ; fins not covered mth scales, except a narrow continuation 

 of the lateral line on the caudal fin. Anal spine very feeble, one- 

 third of the length of the fljrst ray. Caudal pointed. Coloration 

 uniform. Pseudobranchise. 



Chinese, Javanese, and Ceylonese Seas ; coast of Malabar. 



a. Half-gro-mi. China. 



b. Adult : stutfed : not good state. China. Presented by J. R. 



lleeves, Esq. 



c. Adult : skin : not good state. Ceylon. Presented by E. F. 



Kelaart, M.D. 



d. Large specimen : stuffed. From the Collection of the East India 



Company. 



e. ? Adult : skin : not good state. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



14. Otolithus maculatus. 



Otolithus maculatus, (Kuhl Sf v. Hass.) Cuv. i^'- Val. v. p. 64 ; Cantor, 

 Catal. p. 62 ; Cuv. Itvyiw Anim. III. Puiss. pi. 27. f. 2 ; Bleek. Verh. 

 Batav. Genootsch. xxiii. Scicen. p. 15. 



D.10|±. A.A 



The height of the body is 51 in the total length, the length of the 

 head 3| ; the diameter of the eye is a little more than one-sixth of 

 the latter. Canines in both the jaws strong ; the lower jaw projects 

 considerably beyond the upper. Caudal fin nearly rounded in the 

 adult. Back and upper part of the sides with brownish spots, the 

 scales of each spot edged with black ; fins minutely dotted with brown ; 

 single, large, irregular black spots scattered over the caudal fin. 



Seas and estuaries of Pinang, Malayan Peninsula, Singapore, and 

 Batavia. 



a. Adult : skin. Malayan Peninsula. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 



15. Otolithus bispinosus. 



Cuv. ^- Val. V. p. 65. 



Prseoperculum -svith two spines at the angle, besides the usual 

 denticulations. Caudalis very elongate and pointed. Coloration uni- 

 form. (Cuv.) 



Rangoon. 

 a. Younar. 



