24. ANYPEHODON. 95 



The origin of tlie cuud Jin falls below the foui'th dorsal ray, its end 

 below the thirteenth ; it is as low as the dorsal fin ; the second 

 and third spines are moderate and nearly equal. The j^ectoral Jin is 

 ovate, elongate, reaching to the vertical from the soft portion of the 

 dorsal fin ; the scales between the rays cover two-tliirds of the fin. 

 The ventral Jins are inserted immediately behind the pectoral ; they 

 are somewhat longer than one-half of the pectoral. 



The intermaxniarics are furnished with a narrow band of villiform 

 teeth ; no canine tooth in front is visible, but there are several, card- 

 like, inside the mouth in a cluster, occupying the space near the 

 symphysis of the intermaxillaries. The band in the lower jaw is much 

 broader, and there are canines in front of the jaw as well as in the 

 middle of the side. The vomeriue teeth form a broad and long 

 quadi'angular patch, with the anterior sides shorter and the posterior 



ones longer C ()) ; there is a cuneiform band of palatine teeth, and 

 a shorter one, ovate, and separated fi-om the former, on the pterygoid 

 bones. 



The scales are of moderate size, with smooth siu-face and fine 

 posterior serrature. The specimen is now discoloured, but appears 

 to have had a red ground-coloiu-. To judge from the species allied 

 to it, its native sea may be some part of the Indian or Australian 

 seas. 



inches, lines. 



Total length 12 



Height of the body 2 7 



Length of the head 2 5 



Diameter of eye 8 



Length of tenth dorsal spine 9i 



of the caudal fia 1 11 



of second anal spine 10 



of pectoral fin ;. 3 



of ventral fin 1 8 



13. Anthias cichlops. 



Serranus cichlops, Sleeker, Sumatra, i. p. 3. 



D. -i-^. A. „-. L. lat. 45. 

 15-16 e-7 



Second ray of the ventral fins and lobes of the caudalis elongate ; 

 angle of prieo])erculum \\ith foiu- spinous teeth, much stronger than 

 the others. Ked (in life) ; tail and caudahs yellow. 



Priaman (Sumatra). 



24. ANYPERODON. 



Serranus, sp., Ctiv. ^- Vul. ii. p. 347. 

 Seven branchiostegals. Teeth in \nllifoiTa bands, with canines in 

 both jaws ; no teeth on the palatine bones, nor on the tongue. 



