3(3. GENYOHOOE. 181 



10. Genyoroge notata. 



Russell, pi. 98. 



Diacope notata, Cuv. ^ Val. ii. p. 422. 



Genyoroge notata, Cantor, Catal. p. 12. 



U. -. A. -. 



Back reddish brown ; a black blotch on the lateral line (according 

 to Valenciennes, above the lateral hne) ; from the orbit, above the 

 lateral line, three obliquely ascending orange lines, of wliich the 

 lowest reaches to the middle of the base of the dorsal rays ; beneath 

 the lateral line three or four similar parallel lines, of which the upper- 

 most di\id('S the black spot ; the rest nearly straight from the oper- 

 culum towards the tail. — Young : head above and back brownish ; 

 stripes of the body brown. {Cantor.) 



Sea of Pinang ; Bay of Bengal. 



Mesoprion mssellii, Bleeker, seems to be a different species, be- 

 longing to the group with a superficial notch at the vertical margin 

 of the prajoperculum. 



11. Genyoroge marginata. 



Diacope marginata. Cm: ^- Val. ii. p. 425 ; Peters, Wiegm. Archiv, 

 1855, p. 238. 



xanthopus, Cuv. ^ Val. iii. p. 495. 



Mesoprion marginatus, Bleeker, Amhoina, ii. p. 554. 



D. j?. A. |. L. lat. 50-55. 



Uniform yellowish (in a dried state) ; dorsal, anal, and caudal fins 

 with a black and whitish edge. The height of the body is 31 in the 

 total length, the length of the head 3|- ; the diameter of the eye is 

 one-fourth of the length of the head. Pectoral fins pointed, long, 

 reaching to the spinous part of the anal fin. Caudalis notched. 

 Louisiade Archipelago ; Amboyna ; Ceylon ; Coast of Mozambique, 



a, b. Adult ; skin. Ceylon. Presented by the Zoological Society. 



c. Half-grown. Amboyna. Pui'chased of Mr. Stevens. 



d. Yoimg. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



e. f. Half-grown : stuffed. Louisiade Archipelago. Presented by 



the Lords of the Admii-alty. 

 tf, h. Half-gro^vn. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



12. Genyoroge bottonensis. 



Holocentrus boutton, Laccp. iv. pp. 331, 3G7. 



Diacope bottonensis, Cuv. Sf Val. li. p. 4.34, vi. p. 535. 



Mesoprion bottonensis, Bleeker, Natuurk. Tydschr. Nederl. Indie, ii. 



p. 170. 

 janthinurus, Bleeker, I. c. vi. p. 52. 



T^T^.- ^-I- L- lat. 65. 

 The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is 3^ in the 



