IG. SYN.VGRIS. 377 



11. Synagris luteus. 



? Coryphsena lutea, Bl. Sch/i. p. 297. taf. 58. 

 Dentex luteiis, Ciw. ^- Val. vi. p. 250. 



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



Teeth nearly equal. {Val.) 

 Coast of Pondicheriy. 



12. Synagris celebicus. 



Dentex celebicus, Bleeker, Celebes, v. p. 245. 



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



The height of the body is five times in the total length, the length 

 of the head 4^. The .snout is scarcely shorter than the chameter of 

 the eye, wliich is one-third of the length of the head ; the upper 

 maxillary reaches to below the anterior half of the eye ; the prseor- 

 bital is naiTow, its height being If in the diameter of the eye. Six 

 canine teeth in each jaw. Scales of the prajoperculum aiTanged in 

 three seiies. The dorsal spines slender, the posterior ones longest, 

 one-half the height of the body ; the soft portion of the dorsal scarcely- 

 higher than the spinous. Caudalis deeply forked ; the third anal 

 spine longest, rather shorter than the soft portion of the fin. Kose- 

 coloured, with a yellow lateral band ; dorsal and anal fins with 

 two greenish-yellow longitudinal bands, the fonner with a yeUow 

 margin. 



Macassar ; Louisiade Archipelago. 



a. Adult : stuffed. Louisiade Archipelago (in 30 fathoms). Voyage 

 of the Rattlesnake. 



13. Synagris nematopus. 



Dentex nematopus, Sleeker, Celebes, i. p. 219. 



D. ^. A. f L. lat. 45. 



The height of the body is 4^ in the total length, and equals the 

 length of the head ; the diameter of the eye is 3^ in tlie latter, and 

 equal to the length of the snout. The pra;orbital is half as high a.s 

 the eye ; there are three series of scales between the praeorbital and 

 the margin of the prasoperculum. The upper maxillaiy reaches 

 beyond the vertical from the anterior margin of the eye. Four 

 canines in the upper jaw, none in the lower. Si)ines of the fins 

 slender; the posterior ones of the dorsal longer, and 1| in the height 

 of the body ; the soft portion of the fin higlicr than the .spinous. 

 The pectoral fins rather longer than the head ; in adidt specimens 

 the first ray of the ventrals produced into a filament, reaching beyond 

 the origin of the anal fin. The tliiid anal spine intcrmcchate in 

 length between the .second .siiint' and the first ray. Caudahs deeply 

 forked, the upper lobe being longer. Ked, with two yeUow bands 



