10. LOBOTES. 33/ 



inches, lines. 



Diameter of the eye 5 



Length of the fifth dorsal spine 5 



of the twelfth dorsal spine 4| 



of the tenth dorsal ray 7 



of the longest caudal ray 11 



of the second anal spine () 7 



Distance between dorsal and caudal fins . . 5| 

 between anal and caudal fins .... 10 



9. HYPEROGLYPHE*. 



Diagranima, .sp., Richards. Ereh. 8f Terr. Fkhes, p. 26. 



Body oblong, compressed. Eye moderate. 8nout blunt ; cleft of 

 the mouth oblique, with the upper jaw longer. Two dorsals, scarcelj' 

 united, the fii-st much lower than the second, -«'ith eight short spines ; 

 anal fin with very feeble spines. Pi-ffiorbital and praeoperculum ser- 

 rated ; operculum spiniferous. Seven branchiostegals. Jaws with 

 the teeth in \illiform bands, without canines. Roof of the mouth 

 with a deep longitudinal groove. Scales smaU, cycloid. (Pharyngeal 

 bones separated from each other.) Air-bladder simple ; pyloiic ap- 

 pendages in great number. 



Coa-sts of Australia. 



1. Hyperoglyphe porosa. 



Diagramma porosa, Richards. Ereb. Sf Terr. Fishes, p. 26. f. 5, 6. 



B. 7. D. 8 I ij. A. ^. L. lat. 95-100. 



The upper maxillary reaches to below the middle of the eye ; both 

 limbs of the praeoperculum ciliated. Caudalis slightly emarginate. 

 Uniform brown (in spirits) ; the soft dorsal and anal fins mth two 

 series of dark-brown spots. 



Coasts of Australia. 



a. 5A" long. From the Haslar Collection. 



10. LOBOTESt. 



Lobotes, Cui\ R^gtie Aiiim. ; Cur. d^- Val. v. p. 318. 



Form of the body and of the vertical fins rather elevated. Eye 

 rather small. Snout blunt, with the lower jaw longer and the cleft 

 of the mouth oblique. One dorsal, with twelve spines, the anal fin 

 with three. Caudalis rounded. No canines (inferior pharyngeal 

 bones separated). Prteoperculum denticulated ; operculum with ob- 



* From itirep, above, and yXu^i), groove. 

 I' 1. Lobotes citrinus, Richards. Ichth. China, p. 237. 

 2. — — - emarginatns. Baird ^- Girard, Ninth Smifhson. Report, p. 'SM 

 (United Staf-es). docs not appear to belong to this genus. 



