16. SYNAGRIS. 373 



12. Dentex multidens. 

 Vuv. Sf Val. vi. p. 238. 



Eight or ten canine-like teeth in the outer series of each of the 

 jaws. The last rays of the dorsal and anal fins elongate ; the spine 

 of the ventral compressed, very broad, and nearly as long as the 

 rays. Praeoi-bital narrow and elongate. Pectoral very long. Uni- 

 form red. ( Val.) 



Red Sea. 



This species, imperfectly described by Valenciennes, perhaps should 

 be referred to Pentapus. 



13. Dentex hasta. 



Cuv. Sf Val. vi. p. 255. 



B.6. D.H A.f. 



Dorsal spines, and especially, those of the anal, strong ; pra?oper- 

 cidum slightly ciliated, its limb scalcless. Six stout canine teeth in 

 each of the jaws. The height of the body one-third of the total 

 length. Coloration uniform. {Vol.) 



Coast of Malabar. 



16. SYNAGRIS*. 



Dentex, sp., Cue. Regne Antm. ; Cuv. Sf Val. vi. p. 212. 



Form of the body rather elongate ; eye moderate ; cleft of the 

 mouth more or less horizontal, with the jaws nearly equal. One 

 continuous dorsal with the number ~ • anal fin :^. ; spines feeble. 

 Caudalis decjjly forked. Canine teeth, at least in the upper jaw. 

 Infi-aorbital arch entii'e ; praeopereulum entire, or ■with very indi- 

 Btinct serratiu'e, with three series of scales ; operculum without 

 prominent spine. Six branchiostegals. Scales moderate, ciliated, 

 yseudobranchite. Swim-bladder with a notch posteriorly. Pyloric 

 appendages in small number. 



From the Red Sea, through all the East Indian Seas, into the 

 Pacific. [One species from the Siuinam coast.] 



1. Synagris farcosus. 

 Dentex furcosus, Cuv. Sf Val. vi. p. 244. 



D. y. A. y. L. lat. 48-50. L. transv. 4/14. 

 The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is one- 



* 1. Dentex marginatiis, Cuv. 4' Val. vi. p. 245. — East Indies. 



2. tambuloides, BkcJc. Batav. p. ^5. — Batavia. 



3. tolu, Cuv. 4- Val. vi. p. 249 ; Bkek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiii. Spar. 



p. 1.3. — Batavia. 



4. Coryplifena striata, Block. — Dentcs striatus, Cuv. 4' Val. vi. p. 252. — 



Tranqucbar. 



5. Dentex mesoprion, Bleek. Sumatra, ii. p. 13. — Sumatra. 



(». ruber, Cuv. 4' Val. vi. p. 245 ; Less. Voy. Coq. Zool. Poiss. p. 187. 



pi. 31. f. 2; Bkck. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiii. Spar. p. 12.— East Indies. 



