190 PERCID^. 



those of the \-illifonn bands, and thei-e are two or three canines of 

 moderate size on each side, above and beneath. The vomerine teeth 

 form a triangular patch, with an anterior obtuse angle. The j^ala- 

 tine band is cuneifoiTn, narrow. 



The coloration is now uniform greyish, the scales of the back 

 having a darker margin ; the dorsal, anal, and ventral fins blackish. 



inches, lines. 



Total length 13 9 



Height of the body 3 10 



Length of the head 3 5 



Diameter of the eye 9^ 



Length of the fourth dorsal spine 1 6j 



of the tenth dorsal spine 1 Of 



of the first dorsal ray 1 3 



of the tenth dorsal ray 1 4^ 



of the third anal spine 1 0^ 



of the fii'st anal ray 1 3 



of the eighth anal ray 1 3 



of the pectoral fin 3 5 



of the ventral fin 2 8 



5. Mesoprion carponotatus. 



Richardson, Ann. i^ liar/. Nat. Hist. 1842, vol. ix. p. 28. 

 D. j^. A. :^. L. lat. 68. 



External appearance sparoid. The length of the head is 3^ in 

 the total length, and equal to the height of the body ; the diameter 

 of the eye is 4^ in the length of the head. Praeoperculum with a 

 few scarcely visible denticulations, slightly emarginate ; operculum 

 rounded, as in Sjxcni.^, with a shallow re-entering arc ; suprascapula 

 entire. Caudalis truncated ; the point of the pectoral fin falls short 

 of the anus. The foiu-th dorsal spine longest, the second and third 

 of the anal fin nearly equal. Coloration uniform, with a black spot 

 at the root of the pectoral fin. 



North Australian Coast. 



a. Adult. Port Essington. From Mr. Gilbert's Collection. 



6. Mesoprion bohar. 



Scisena bohar, Forsk. p. 46. 



Spams lepisurus, Lacep. iii. pi. 15. f. 2. 



Lutjanus Dohar, Bl. Schn. p. 325. 



Diacope bohar, Cuv. cV Val. ii. p. 433 ; Riipp. Atl. Fische, p. 73, and 



N. W. Fische, p. 103. 

 Diacope quadriguttata, Cut: 4' Val. ii. p. 427, vi. p. 533. 



D. ^. A. |-. Vert. 10/14. 



The height of the body is 3|^ in the total length, the length of the 

 head 34. Interoperculum with a distinct knob, praeoperculum 



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