192 percidj:. 



stronger, but uot longer, than the third. Uniform olive (in a diied 

 state), with indistinct oblique streaks above the lateral line, and 

 longituchnal ones beneath ; base of the pectoral with a narrow black 

 spot. 



Sea of Waigiou ; Port Essington. 



a. Adult: stuffed. Port Essington. 



There is a tooth near the symphysis of the intermaxillai-y bones, 

 stronger than those of the velvet-like band ; then, more at the side, 

 but in front of the muzzle, a very strong and long canine ; then a 

 series of nine or ten smaller ones, gradually becoming smaller 

 behind ; at the inside of these canines is the band of velvet-like 

 teeth. In the exterior series of the lower jaw are four canines in 

 front and at the side ; and then follow two larger ones, but smaller 

 than the fang of the upper jaw. 



10. Mesoprion chrysotsenia. 



Bleeher, Natuurk. Tydschr. Nederl. Tndie, ii. 1851, p. 170, and Ad. 

 Soc. Sc. Iixlo-Nederl. i. p. 40. 



D. i5. A. |. L. lat. 65. 



15 g 



ine height of the body is 3i in the total length, the length of the 

 head 31^ ; the diameter of the eye is one-fourth of the latter ; the 

 upper profile of the Iiead straight-lined. Supraseapula and praeoper- 

 ciduni serrated, the latter with a conspicuous notch behind. Caudalis 

 emarginate ; the third and foui'th dorsal spines longest. Bluish 

 green (in life), with seven or eight shining golden, broad, longitu- 

 dinal bands ; a black spot above the base of the pectoral fins ; fins 

 immacidate. 



Sea of Batavia. 



a. Half-grown. From the Haslar Collection. 



11. Mesoprion argentimaculatus. 



Scisena argentimaculata, Forsk. p. 50. 

 Perca argentata, Bl. Schn. p. 86. 

 Labrus argentatus, Lacep. pp. 426, 467. 



Diacope argentimaculata, Cuv. df VaL ii. p. 4.32 ; Riipp. Atlas Fische, 

 p. 71. t. 19. f. 1. 



D. i^. A. 1. Ctec. pylor. 4. 



13 8 ^ •' 



The height of the body is 3f in the total length, and equal to the 

 length of the head. The iipper maxillary bone reaching to the IcA'el 

 of the posterior margin of the eye ; a slight notch of the praeoper- 

 culum always conspicuous : knob of the interoperculum sometimes 

 wanting ; fine dcnticulations above the notch, coarser ones beneath. 

 Caudalis truncated, pectorals not fully reaching to the anal, f h-eenish ; 

 each scale lighter at the edge, sometimes white. (Riipp.) 



Red Sea. 



