184 PEKCiDj;. 



notched. The black lateral blotch between the lateral line and the 

 anterior dorsal rays ; the spinous part of the dorsal fin black-edged ; 

 a black spot above the base of the pectoral fins. (Bl.) 

 Sea of Bixlucomba (Celebes). 



18. Genyoroge fulva. 



Perca fulva, Forster, MSS. 

 Holoeentrus fiilvus, Bl. Schn. p. 318. 

 Diacope fiilva, Cuv. ^- Veil. ii. p. 435. 



D. ||. A. |. L. lat. 50. L. transv. ^. 



The height of the body is equal to the length of the head, and 3^ 

 in the total ; the diameter of the eye is 4^ in the length of the head, 

 and equal to tw^o-thii'ds of the distance between the eye and the end 

 of the muzzle ; the upper maxillary bone reaches nearly to the level 

 of the anterior margin of the eye ; the prteopereulum exhibits fine 

 denticulations above the notch, coarser ones beneath. Caudalis very 

 slightly concave behind. The fourth dorsal spine and the second of 

 the anal fin longest and strongest ; pectorals scarcely reaching the 

 front end of the anal. Uniform yellowish red ; caudalis white-edged. 



Sea of Otaheiti. 



a. Adult : bleached. Otaheiti. Old Collection. — Foi-ster's original 

 specimen. 



19. (Jenyoroge civis. 

 Diacope civis, Cuv. ^ Val. vii. p. 444. 



The length of the head is one-third of the total, and equal to the 

 height of the body. Uniform brownish red, with a bro\\Ti spot on 

 the soft parts of the dorsal and anal fins, and two brown streaks on 

 the caudal. {Vcd.) 



Seychelles. 



37. MESOPRION*. 



Mesopriou, Cuv. Regne Anim. ; Cuv. S,- Val. ii. p. 439. 

 Diacope, sp., RUppdl, Atlas, p. 70. 

 Mesoprion, sp., Bleekei: 



Seven branchiostegals. Teeth vUliform, with canines in both 

 jaws ; teeth on the palatine bones. One dorsal, mostly with ten or 

 eleven, rarely with nine or twelve spines, the anal fin with three. 

 Operculum generally with two or three, rarely 'with one indistinct 

 point ; proeoperculum with fine serrature, without or with a very open 

 notch. Scales moderate. 



All the seas of the Tropical regions. 



* 1. Mesoprion aurolineatus, Cuv. if" Vti/. iii. p. 496. — Ceylon. 



2. Mesoprion richardi, Cut: cf- Val. ii. p. 448. — Caribbean Sea. 



3. Mesoprion taniops, Cuv. 4' Val. vi. p. 543. — Celebes (rivers). 



4. Mesoprion cjanopterus, Cuv. ^ Val. ii. p. 472.— Brazil. 



