364 PEISTIP0MAT1DJ5. 



band from the muzzle, through the eye, to the root of the caudal ; a 

 thii-d, veiy broad white band fi'om the eye to the caudal. A black 

 blotch between the first and fourth dorsal spines ; a series of brownish 

 spots along the base of the soft dorsal. {Bl.) 

 Sea of Manado (Celebes). 



21. Scolopsis cauiuus. 



Cuv. ^ Val. V. p. 354. 



Several larger teeth in the jaws. Praeorbital with the posterior 

 margin very oblique, entire, and terminating above in a short point ; 

 prseoperculum with the margin rounded and scarcely serrated ; spines 

 of the fins slender. A yellowish band from the eye to the caudal fin. 



New Guinea. 



14. HETEROGNATHODON*. 



Heterodon, Bleeker, Bydr. Topogr. Batav. 



Heterognathodon, Bleeker, Natimrk. Tydschr. Nederl Ind. i. 1850, 

 p. 100, and Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxiii. SdcBn. p. 30. 

 Form of the body oblong ; eye moderate ; cleft of the mouth nearly 

 horizontal, with the jaws equal. One dorsal; dorsal with the 

 number-; analy; spines feeble. Caudalis more or less deeply 

 forked. Canine teeth in both jaws. Infraorbital arch entire ; prse- 

 operculum serrated ; opercxilum with a single spine. Five (some- 

 times sLx) branchiootegals. Scales moderate, ciliated. 

 East Indian Seas. 



1. Heterognathodon bifasciatus. 



Bleeker, Verhand. Batav, Genootsch. xxiii. Scian. p. 30. 

 D. ^. A. |. L. lat. 40. 



The height of the body is one-fifth of the total length, the length 

 of the head one-foiu-th. The snout is convex, shorter than the 

 diameter of the eye, which is 2| in the length of the head. The 

 upper maxillaiy bones rough ; praeorbital naked. The thii-d anal 

 spine longest ; caudalis emarginate. Bluish, with two pearl- coloured 

 longitudinal bands; the first between the eye and the end of the 

 dorsal, the second from the snout to the caudal. (Bl.) 



Sea of Sumbawa. 



2. Heterognathodon hellmutMi. 



Bleeker, Solor, p. 75. 



B. 6. D. ^. A. |-. L. lat. 50. 



The height of the body is 4| in the total length, the length of the 



* I suppose that the Lama cjuliminda, Russell, ii. pi. 107, is to be referred to 

 this genus. It is identical with Canihm-us guliminda, Cuv. & Val. vi. p. 344, 

 and Spondyliosoma gidiminda, Cantor, Catal. p. 50. — East Indian Seas. 



