19. APRION. Ql 



1. Enoplosus armatus. 



Chfetodon armatus, TF/iitc, J'oi/. X. S. Wales, pi. 39. f. 1. 



Enoplosus whitii, Zace>. iv. p." 541. 



armatus, Cui: ^ Val. ii. p. 1.33. pi. 20. 



^- "^ I T4=l5- ^- fs- <^'®c. pylor. 15. Vert. 25. 



Upper profile of head very concave ; body one-half as high as long 

 much compressed; all the fins, except caudal, much elongate and 

 pointed, ^lute, with eight black transverse bands. 



Coast of New South Wales. 



0. AdiUt. Sydney. Presented by Lieut. Alexander Smith, E.^. 

 h. Adult. Sydney. Presented by Mr. Williams. 



Cr-e. Adidt. Sydney. From the Haslar CoUection. 



/. Several specimens. AustraHa. From the Haslar CoUection 



g. Adult. AiLstraUa. 



h. Adult : stuffed. Australia. From Mi-. Warwick's CoUection 



t. AdiUt: stuffed. AustraUa. 



Ic. AdiUt : skin. AustraUa. From Mr. Gould's CoUection. 



1. Adult: skin. Australia. 



m. Half-grown : skin. Australia. From Mr. Gould's CoUection. 



Second Group. SERRANINA. 



(For characters, see page 57.) 



19. APRION. 



Aprion, Cuv. ^- Val. vi. p. 54;3. 

 _ Seven branchiostegals. Teeth ^iUiform, with canines in both 

 jaws ; teeth on the palatine bones ; tongue smooth. One dorsal 

 with ten spmes, the anal fin with three. Operculum spiniferous • 

 praeoperculum entii'e, with a single ridge. Scales moderate. 

 Coasts of the SeycheUes. 



1. Aprion virescens. 

 Cuv. 8f Val. vi. p. 544. pi. 168. 



D- Yx- ^- 1- L. lat. 50. L. transv. 20. 



The height of the body is one-fifth of the total length, the leno-th 

 ot the head one-foui-tb ; the diameter of the eye is one-fourth of the 

 length of the head. The lower jaw rather prominent ; suprascapula 

 denticulated. CaudaUs deeply forked. Greenish, with a black spot 

 between the seventh and ninth dorsal spines. ( Val.) 



Seychelles. 



