'd'J. RHYPTICUS. 171 



31. GRAMMISTES. 



Grammistes, (Artedi) Cur. Rk/iie Anint. ; Cuv. &)• Vul. p. 201. 



Seven branchiostcgals. AU the teeth vilHform ; without canines ; 

 teeth on the pahxtine bones ; tongue smooth. IVo dorsals ; the first 

 ■v\dth seven, the anal lin mthont conspicuous spines. Operculum 

 and praeoperculum spiniferous, mthout serratuz'es. Scales minute, 

 enveloped in the epidermis. 



Seas of the Indian region. 



1. Grammistes orieutalis. 



Grammistes sebae, Seha, iii. 27. 5. 



orientalis, Bl. Schn. Si/st. Posth. p. 189 ; Cuv. Sf Val. ii. p. 203. 



pi. 27; Blcckcr, Amboina, iii. p. 15. 

 Perca biliueata, Thunh. Nov. Act. Holm. xiii. p. 142. t. 5. 

 Scifena vittata, Lacep. iv. p. 323. 

 Perca triacanthus, Lncep. pp. 398, 424. 

 pentacanthus, Lacep. pp. 398, 424. 



D.7|^. A.|. 



Body oblong, compressed ; caudal rounded. Praeoperculum with 

 three spines. Tendril rudimentary. Black or blackish brown ; 

 generally with six or seven white longitudinal bands. 



Isle de France ; East Indian Seas ; Australia. 



rt. Adult. Maiu-itius. Presented by the Zoological Society. 

 6. Adidt: stuffed. Mam-itius. 



c. Adult. Phihppines. 



d. Half-grown : stuffed. Indian Ocean. Presented by Sir A. 



Smith. 



e. Half-grown. Australia. Presented by J. MacgiUivray, Esq. 



2. Grammistes punctatus. 

 Cuv. L^- Val vi. p. 504. 



D.7|i-. A.|. 



Tendril developed. Praeoperculum with three spines. Greyish 

 brown with small white points. 

 Hub. ? 



32. RHYPTICUS. 



Il\'pticu.'9, Cuv. Rkpie Attim. ; Cur. Sf Val. iii. p. 60. 

 Smecticus, Valenc. Poiss. Voy. de la Venus, p. 305. 



Seven branchiostcgals. All the teeth villiform, without canines ; 

 teeth on the palatine bones ; tongue smooth. Scales minute, en- 

 veloped in the epidemiis. The spinous dorsal little developed, with 

 the number of the spines variable ; spines of the anal fin none, or 

 small. Operculum and praeoperculum spiniferous. Aii'-bladder 

 simple. Pyloric appendages in small number. 



Warmer parts of the Atlantic ; Galapagos Archipelago. 



