12. OERKES. 353 



Sparus bvitaiimi.s, Lacep. iv. pp. 132, 134. 



Labrus longirostris, Lacep. iii. p. 4()7. pi. 19. f. 1, 



Smam oj-ena, Riipp. At I. p. 11. taf. 3. f. 2. 



Gorres oyena, Cur. Sf Val. vi. p. 472 ; ? Jenifns, Zool. Beagle, Fishes, 



p. 59 ; JSleek. Vcrh. Bat. Gen. xxiii. Mmiid. p. 12. 



oblongus, BIrck. TopiKjr. Batxr. fiH't Cur.). 



? Gen-es oqiiula, Tcmm. iS' 'SMcg. Fawt. Japan. Polss. p. 7G. pi. 40. f. I 



(not good) ; Bleek. Vcrhand. Batav. Geitootsch. xxvi. p. 92. 



D. ^. A. |-. L. lat. 36-38. Csee. pylor. 3. Vert. 10/14. 



The height of the body is 2-| in the total length (without caudal 

 fin). Pi-aeorbital and pi-a3opcrculum entire, the latter A\-ith tho angle 

 slight]}' rounded. The snout is slightly longer than the diameter of 

 the eye, which is one-third of the length of the head. The spines 

 of the fins moderate ; the second of the dorsal is one-half of the 

 height of the body, and at least twice as long as the second of the 

 anal. Uniform silvery. 



K«d Sea ; Isle de Prance ; Sunda Sea (Japanese Sea ?). 



a. Adult: bad state. Old Collection. 



b, c. Half-grown : bad .state. From the Haslar CollectioiL 



18. Cterres macrosoma. 



Bleeker, Gilolo, p. 56, 



D. ^. A.|. L. lat. 42. 



The height of the body is four times in the total length (one-third 

 without caudal), the length of the head 4| to 4i ; the diameter of 

 the eye is one-third of the latter, and rather shorter than the snout ; 

 the interspace between the eyes is rather less than the width of the 

 orbit. The groove for the processes of the intermaxillaiy bones is 

 entirely scaleless, and does not extend to the vertical from the centre 

 of the eye. The spines of the fins are slender ; the second of the 

 dorsal 1| in the height of the body ; the second of the anal shorter 

 than the third. Silverj-; each s'[)ine and ray of the dorsal with a 

 brown basal spot ; the spinous jwrtion black-edged. 



Seas of Gilolo and Amboyna. 



o. Half-grown. Amboj-na. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



19. Gerres argyreus. 



Sci£ena argyrea, Forster. 



Cichla argyrea, Bl. Schn. p. 344. 



GeiTes waigiensis, Quoy 8f Gaim. Voy. Freye, Zool. p. 292. 



argjTeus, Cuv. S,- Val. vi. p. 478. 



D. i;. A.f L. lat. 45. 



The height of the body is scarcely more than the length of the 

 head, and one-third of the total (without caudal tin) ; the diameter 

 of the eye is one-third of the length of the head, and rather longer 



2 a 



