352 PRISTIPOMATIB.E. 



Tliis species appears to be very similar to Oerres squamtpinnis ; 

 but the latter has the caudal fin so thickly covered with scales, that 

 I do not believe that Bleeker would have omitted so conspicuous a 

 character if it were also present in O. acinaces. 



15. Gerres kapas. 



Bleeker, Riouw, p. 482. 



D. ^. A. |-. L. lat. 32. 



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

 of the fins slender ; the second and third of the dorsal fin one-half 

 of the height of the body ; the second and third of the anal not longer 

 than the rays, and contained three or four times in the height of the 

 body. Silvery : above grej-ish ; the spinous dorsal black-edged. {Bl.) 



Sea of Batavia. 



16. Gerres aprion. 



Cuv. 4- Val. vi. p. 461. 



D. ^. A. -. L. lat. 45. L. transv. 6/10. Caec. pylor. 3. 



The height of the body is one- third of the total length (without 

 caudal fin). Praeorbital and prfeoperculum entire, the latter vtdth 

 the angle slightly rounded. The groove for the processes of the in- 

 termaxillaries extends to the vertical from the centre of the eye, is 

 elongate, and entirely free of scales. The snout is slightly longer 

 than the diameter of the eye, which exceeds the width of the head 

 between the eyes. The spines of the fins moderate ; the second of 

 the dorsal is longer than one -half of the length of the head, and 

 nearly twice as long as the second of the anal. Silvery : a deep- 

 black spot at the top of the dorsal fin ; the upper part of the snout 

 blackish brown. 



Atlantic coasts of Tropical America. 



a. Fine specimen. S. Domingo. Purchased of Mr. Cuming. 



h. Half-grown. S. Domingo. Purchased of Mr. Cuming. 



c-h. Adult, half-grown, and young: skins. Jamaica. From Dr. 



Parnell's Collection. 

 i-l. Adult : bad state. West Indies. 

 m. Half-grown : skin : bad state. West Indies. Purchased of Mr. 



Scrivener. 

 n. Adult. South America. Presented by Lord Stuart. 

 0. Adult. South America. Presented by Lord Stuart. 

 p. Half-grown. 

 q. Half-gro-«Ti. 

 r. Half-grown, 

 s. Adult: skin. 



17. Gerres oyena. 



Labrus oyena, Forsk. p. 35 ; Bl. Sc/ui. p. 245 : Lacep. iii. p. 4G3. 

 Sparus erythrurus, Bl. tab. 261 (very bad). 

 Cichla erythnira, Bl. Schii. p. 3.36. 



