23. ANTUIAS. 93 



tion vrhatcvcr, and is the boimdary between the scaly part of the 

 check and the scaleless margin of the pra^operculum. 



There are ten abdominal vertehne and fourteen caudal ; the length 

 of the former part of the column is to that of the latter as 2 : 3. The 

 interhicmal of the first anal spines is, like those spines themselves, 

 feeble and short. 



The ieeth of the intermaxillary extend over all the length of the 

 bone ; the outer series is formed by larger teeth, four in front of the 

 jaw being cauinc-like, but nevertheless of rather small size. The 

 teeth of the lo^^•er jaw form a scries of small cardiform teeth, behind 

 which is another of ^•iLLiform teeth ; it is very narrow, and does not 

 extend on the side of the jaw. The vomerine teeth are arranged in 

 a rectangular narrow band; the palatine band is very narrow, and 

 extends on the pteiygoid. The inferior pharjTigeal bones form an 

 elongate sword-shaped patch of villiform teeth ; the upper pharyn- 

 geal teeth are cardiform, and fonn thi'ee or four small groups. 



10. Anthias rasor. 



Sen-anus rasor, Richardson, Proc. Zool. Sue. 1839, p. 95, and Tram. 

 Zool. Soc. 1849, p. 73. pi. 4. f. 1. 



D. i?. A.|. L. lat. 54. L. transv. 4/18. Cfec. pylor. 6. 

 Yert. 11/15. , 



Caudalis forked, but none of the fins elongate ; the pectoral fin 

 one-foiu'th of the total length ; the lower portions of the fins densely 

 covered with scales ; the height of the body one-third of the total 

 length ; the head short, forming one-fourth of it. Shining reddish 

 brown, with a bluish stripe from beneath the eye along the lateral 

 line. 



Australian seas. 



11. Anthias schlegelii. 



Caprodon, Temm. ^- Schleg. Faun. Japan., Pom. p. 64. pi. 30 ; Pichards. 

 Ichth. CJiina, p. 235. 



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Caudal fin convex in the middle of the posterior margin, and with 

 a slight notch above and beneath this convexity ; none of the fins 

 elongate, except the pectorals, which are ovate, longer than the 

 head, and 3|^ in the total ; head and the lower portions of the fins 

 densely covered with scales ; the height of the body one-thii-d of 

 the total length, the length of the head one-fourth. Rose-coloured, 

 with two yellow stripes from the snout through the eye, and another 

 from the eye to the angle of the prieoperoulum ; anal fin with round 

 yeUow spots. 



Japanese Sea. 



This fish certainly belongs to the group of Serranina, and is closest 

 allied to Serramis rasor of Richardson. One might even imagine both 



