37. MESOPRION. 193 



12. Mesoprion lineatus. 



Diacope lineata, Quay S^ Ga'un. Voy. Frcyc. Zuol. p. 309. 



striata, Cur. ^ Viil. ii. p. 4;30. 



Mesoprion striatus, Bhck. Pore. p. 44. 



jautliiuuropterus, Bleek. Celebes, iii. p. 751. 



D. 1^. A. |. L. lat. 50. 



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

 length of the head ; the diameter of the eye is ono-hfth of the latter ; 

 the notch of the iirieoperculum is very slight. Caudalis emarginate, 

 the fourth and hfth dorsal spines longest. Olive, vnt\\ obUqiie red- 

 hrowTi streaks above the lateral Hne, and with longitudinal Lines of 

 the same coloiu" on the operclcs and sides of the body ; no lateral 

 blotch ; dorsal and caudal fins blackish, the spinous part of the 

 former with a black edge ; pectorals yellow ; anal and ventral fina 

 rose-coloui'cd. 



Waigiou ; Molucca Sea ; Sea of Java. 



13. Mesoprion gembra. 



Russell, pi. 95. 



Alphestes sambra, Bl. Sc/tn. Syst. Posth. p. 236. t. 51. 



Mesoprion yapilli, Cuv. 8f Veil. ii. p. 483. 



gembra, Cuv. Sf Val. ii. p. 485 ; Cantor, Catal. p. 15. 



immaculatus, Cuv. 4" Val. ii. p. 474 ; Bleek. Perc. p. 45. 



— — gembra, Bleek. Sumatra, ii. p. 246 (young). 



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

 head 31 ; the diameter of the eye is 4i in the latter. The upper 

 profile of the head is slightly concave ; the jaws are equal in front, 

 the iipper maxillary bone reaching to Ijelow the anterior half of the 

 eye. Suprascapula and praeoperculura finely serrated, the latter 

 slightly emarginate. Caudalis truncated, pectorals distant from the 

 anal ; the thii'd, fourth, and iiith dorsal spines longest ; the second of 

 the anal fin not much longer, but stronger, than the third. Uniform 

 dark olive, eacli scale with a bro^\ai base ; dorsal, anal, and ventral 

 fins olive, along the middle lighter, the former with a black edge as 

 far as the spinous part ; young specimens with nine or ten darker 

 cross-bands. 



Bay of Bengal ; Molucca Sea. 



a. Large specimen : bleached. India. Old Collection. 

 h. Large specimen : stuffed. 



c. Adult. Sumatra. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 

 dr-g. Half-gro\vn. AmbojTia; Borneo. From Mr. Frank's Col- 

 lection. 

 h. Half-grown. Amboyna. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 

 i. Adult. Amboyna. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 

 k. Half-grown : stufi'cd. 

 I. Young. 



