26. PEMPHEBIS. 509 



emarginate. Eeddish-brown : the dorsal anteriorly blaekish-brown ; 

 axil and base of the pectorals black ; the anal inferiorly, the caudal 

 snperioi'ly and inferiorly edged with brcvra. 

 East Indian Archipelago and Polynesia. 



a. Adnlt. (China ?) Presented by Sii- J. Eichardson. 



b. Half-grown. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



c. Half-grown. Amboyna. Pm-chased of Mr. Frank. 



d. Adult. From the Haslar Collection. 



e. Half-grown : skeleton : bad state. Ambo_)Tia. Purchased of 



Mr. Frank as Pem_pheris molucca. 



The skeleton is distinguished by a high but feeble occipital crest, 

 and by the very dilated radius and iikia. There are ten abdo- 

 mtaal and fourteen caudal vertebraB, the length of the foimer portion 

 of the vertebral column being to that of the latter as 1 : 2-5. The 

 abdominal vertebrae are very short, whilst those of the caudal portion 

 gradually become longer posteriorly. 



3. Pempheris mang^a. 



Maugula kutti, Htc^sell, ii. pi. 114. 



Pempheris mangiila, Cuv. 4" Vul. vii. p. 304 ; Blcek. Verhand. Batav. 

 Genootsch. xxiii. Chcetod. p. 30. 



vanicolensis, Cuv. &; Val. vii. p. 305. 



nesogallica, Cia: ^- Val. vii. p. 306. 



J), p.. A.-^.. L. lat. 45. 



9-10 38-40 



The height of the body is one-thii'd of the total length ; caudal 

 emarginate. Yiolet-bro's^Ti, minutely dotted with brown ; the dorsal 

 anteriorly black, the anal and caudal black-edged ; pectoral witliout 

 a black spot at the base. 



Indian Ocean and Ai'chipelago ; Sea of Vanicolo. 



4. Pempheris molucca. 



Renard, i. 15. 85 ; Valetd. iii. p. 360. f. 46. 



Ciu'tus macrolepidotus, Bl. Schn. p. 164. 



Pempheris molucca, Cm: S,- Val. \\\. p. 306 ; Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 85. 



pi. 44. f. 3 ; Richards. Icldh. Cliina, p. 244; Cantor, Catal. p. 175; 



Cuv. Ref/ne Anini. HI. Poiss. pi. 44. f. 2. 

 malabarica, Cue. 4" Val. \i\. p. 308. 



D.|. A.-^. L. lat. 60. 



9 43-46 



The height of the body is one-thii-d of the total length. Yiolet- 

 brown above, sUvery beneath ; fins rose-coloured, sometimes brown- 

 ish ; axil and base of the pectoral whitish. 



East Indian, Chinese, and Japanese Seas. 



a, h. Adult. Madras. Presented by T. C. Jerdon, Esq. 



c. Half-grown : skin. Malayan Peninsula. From Dr. Cantor's 



Collection. 



d. Half-gro-s^Ti. Moluccas. 



