16. STWAGRIS. 379 



fin), the length of the head 3f ; the diameter of the eye is 2| in the 

 latter, and longer than the snout ; the praeorbital is not half as high 

 as the orbit (above the angle of the mouth) ; the upper maxillary bone 

 reaches to below the anterior half of the orbit ; prseoperculum den- 

 ticulated, operciilum with a conspicuous spine. The first ventral ray 

 produced into a filament ; the upper caudal lobe -with a filament, 

 which is 3^ in the length of the body. Rose-coloured ; the dorsal 

 fin with a yeUow margin ; the anal with a series of yellow dots along 

 the base. (BI.) 

 Sea of Amboyna. 



17. Synagris sinensis. 



Sparus sinensis, LacSp. iv. p. 46. 



Dentex setigerus, Cuv. ^ Val. vi. p. 253 ; Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 73. 

 pi. 37. f. 1 (not good). 



D. ^. A.|. L. lat. 48. L. transv. 4/10. 



The height of the body is four times in the total length {without 

 caudal), the length of the head 3| ; the diameter of the eye is much 

 shorter than the muzzle, and one-fourth of the length of the head. 

 Praeorbital very large, much higher than the eye, and scaleless, like 

 the margin of the prseoperculum. Praeoperculum minutely ciliated. 

 The spines of the fins slender, those of the dorsal 2^ in the length 

 of the head ; the last rays of the dorsal and anal fins elongate ; the 

 upper lobe of the caudal produced into a very long filament. Red, 

 with six yellow longitudinal bands on each side ; dorsal and anal 

 fins with a yeUow band along the base and margin ; the elongated 

 caudal ray yellow. 



Japanese and Chinese Seas. 



a. Adult : stufied : injured. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 



b. Adult : skin : not good state. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, 



Esq. 



18. Synagris nematophoms. 



Dentex nematophorus, Bleeker, Sumatra, iii. p. 500. 



B. 6. D. ^. A. |. L. lat. 48. 



The height of the body is nearly equal to the length of the head, and 

 4|- in the total ; the diameter of the eye is about one-third of the 

 latter, and longer than the snout. The praeorbital is half the height 

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

 and the angle of the praeoperculum ; the upper maxillaiy reaches to 

 the vertical from the anterior margin of the eye. The first two 

 dorsal spines produced into veiy long filaments, extending to the 

 caudal fin. Caudalis deeply forked, the upper lobe produced into a 

 filament. Rose-coloui-ed, with three or four yellow longitudinal 

 bands ; dorsal fin yellow-edged, anal with a yellow basal streak. (B/. ) 

 Sea of Padang (Sumatra). 



