68 PERCID.E. 



Prosper Alpiit, Res. Eij. iv. c. 2 ; Sonnini, Voy. ii. p. 292. t. 22. f. 3 ; 



Hasselq. Voij. p. 359; Geo^r. Descr. cle TEy., Poiss. pi. 9. f. 1. 

 I^ates niloticus, C'liv. l^- Val. ii. p. 89, iii. p. 490. 



D. 7(-8)|f,. A.^-^,. Ca3c. pylor. 5. 



Prfeopcrciiliuu ^^dth a right angle ; coracoid with five denticula- 

 tions ; second and third spine of the anaEs nearly equal in length. 

 Back brownish, sides and belly silvery white. 



Nile. 



2. Lates calcarifer. 



Holocentnis calcarifer, Bhich, t. 244. 



Russell, ii. t. 131. 



Holocentru.'ii lieptadactylus, Lacep. iv. pp. 344, 891. 



Coins vacti, Ham. Buck. Ganges, Fishes, t. 16. f. 28. 



Lates iiobilis. Cm: ^' Val. ii. p. 96. t. 13 ; Richardson, Ichth. China, 



p. 222 ; Bleekcr, Pere. p. 27 ; Cantor, Catal. p. 1 ; Hageman in 



Natunrk. Ti/dschr. Nederl. Iml. 18.51, p. 348. 



D.7-8l±. A. A. 



Prjeoperciiliini with an obtuse angle ; coracoid with six to ten 

 denticulations ; third spine of analis nearly twice as long as second. 

 Back and sides brownish, shining, belly white. 



Mouths of the large East Indian rivers. 



a. Half-grown. India. From Mr. Brandt's Collection as Lates 



arcienteus. 

 h. Hali'-grown. India. Presented by the Zoological Society. 

 e. Half-grown. India. Presented by G. E. Waterhonse, Esq. 

 d,e,f. Adult: stuffed. Ganges. From Mr. Wai-wick's Collection. 

 g. Adult : stuffed. China. Presented by the East India Company. 

 h. Half-gi'own : stuffed. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, E.sq. 

 i. Adult : skin. China. From Mr. Wai-wick's Collection. 



6. CNIDON. 

 Cnidon, Mull, i^- Trosch. Hor. Ichth. p. 21. 



Seven branchiostegals ; pseudobrancliiac absent ; aU the teeth 

 villiform, without canines ; teeth on the palatine bones. Two 

 dorsals ; the first with seven, the anal fin with three spines. Oper- 

 culmn spinifcrous ; prasopereulum mth the lower limb entire, and 

 the ])osterior denticulated ; a spine at the angle. PiiEorbital nearly 

 entire. Pjdoric appendages? 



PhiHppines. 



1. Cnidon chinensis. 



MUll. ^- Trosch. I. r. 



D.7!f3. A.l 

 ilanilla. 



