7. MYRIPEISTIS. 21 



Red, the upper part of the gill-opening and the base of the pectoral 

 black. (Bl) 



Sea of Banda Neira. 



5. Myripristis leignathos. 



Valenc. Voy. Venus, v. p. 316. pi. 4. f. 1. 



D. 11 I ^. A. fg. L. lat. 38. 



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

 of the head 3|- ; the interspace between the eyes is one-fourth of 

 the length of the head. T^o larger teeth in the jaws ; the upper 

 maxillary reaches to beliind the middle of the eye, and is not den- 

 ticulated ; scapulary entire. Uniform red. {Vol.) 



New Ireland. 



6. Myripristis parvidens. 



Bleek. Amh. Ceram, p. 260; ? Cuv. ^- Val. iii. p. 173. 

 I>-101t5^. A.^. L. lat. 30. 



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

 of the head 3-| ; the interspace between the eyes is 3^ in the length 

 of the head. No larger teeth in the jaws ; the upper maxiUary 

 reaches to beliind the middle of the eye, and is not denticulated; 

 operculum with a feeble spine ; scapulary entire. Yiolet-reddish ; 

 fins rose-coloured, the outer rays of the caudal violet ; opercular 

 membrane and base of the pectoral deep black. {Bl.) 



Sea of Amboyna, 



7. Myripristis murdjan. 



Sciaena murdjan, Forskal, p. 48. 



Perca nim-djan, Schneider, p. 86; Lacep. iv. pp. 396, 418. 



Russell, t. 105. 



Myripristis murdjan, Cuv. ^ Val. iii. p. 177, vii. p. 495; RUppell, Atl. 



p. 86. t. 23. f. 2, and Fische des Rothen Meers, p. 95 ; Bleeker, Am- 



boina, iii. p. 19. 



B. 8 (7). D. 10 I j^l^. A. ~. L. lat. 28-30. L. transv. 3/6. 



Yert. 10/15. 



The height of the body is contained 3| in the total length, the 

 length of the head 3-| ; the interspace between the eyes is two- 

 ninths of the latter. The upper maxillaiy reaches behind the 

 middle of the eye. Operculum with a feeble spine above; the 

 upper maxillaiy with some denticulations ; suboperculum notched 

 before the pectoral fin. Pectoral reaching a little beyond the 

 ventral to the level of the eleventh scale of the lateral line ; the 

 third anal spine stronger, but rather shorter than the fourth. Rose- 

 coloured, scales with a violet edge ; the soft dorsal, anal, and 

 ventral fins ^vith a white front margin, and the anterior rays with a 



