18. PENTAPUS. 381 



ciliated. Psoudobranchioc. Swim-bladder simple. Pyloric a])pendages 

 in small number. 



East Indian and Australian Seas. 



1. Pentapus auroliueatus. 

 Spai-us aui'olineatus, Lacep. iv. p. 132. 



Peutapus aurolineatus, Cuv. 8f Vol. vi. pp. 269, 559. pi. 157 ; Blcekei; 

 Halmaheira, p. 7. 



D.|5. A.g-^. L.lat. 70-75. L. transv. 6/17. 



The upper maxillaiy with a crenulated longitudinal ridge ; four 

 or five series of scales between the priEorbital and the angle of the 

 prajopercidum. The third anal spine longest. Eody with more or 

 less distinct longitudinal stripes ; a white spot on the back, beneath 

 the end of the dorsal fin. 



Isle de Prance ; Molucca Sea ; Louisiade Archipelago. 



a-c. Adult : stuffed. Louisiade Archipelago (in 43 to 50 fathoms). 



Voyage of the Eattlesnake. 

 d. Adidt. Isle do France. From the Collection of the Zoological 



Society {Dentex lycogenis, Benn.). 



2, Pentapus vitta. 



Quoy Sf Gcdm. Voy. Freyc. Uran. Poiss. p. 294. pi. 44. f. 4 ; Cuv. 4' Val- 

 vi. p. 264. 



D. •^. A. ^-^. L. lat. 60. L. transv. 6/20. 



The margin of the prEeoperculum without distinct scales, slightly 

 striated. The height of the body equals the length of the head, and 

 is about one-foiu'th of the total. The diameter of the eye is shorter 

 than the snout, and the distance between the eyes one-fourth of the 

 length of the head. CaudaUs forked, with acute lobes. The spines 

 of the fins feeble ; scales of the prasoperculum small, in about six 

 series ; the second of the anal one-half of the thii'd. A broad 

 brownish-black band from the snout through the eye to the upper 

 half of the root of the caudal fin. 



Coasts of Austraha. 



rt, h. Adult : stuffed. Victoria (Australia). Voyage of H.M.S. 

 Herald. 



c-f. Adidt : skins. Houtman's Abrolhos. From Mr. Gould's Col- 

 lection. 



g. Adidt : not good state. From the Haslar Collection. 



3. Pentapus peronii. 

 Cuv. ^ Val. vi. p. 268. 



D. ■^. A. 1. L. lat. 50. Ca;c. pylor. 6. 



The margin of the pra!opercidum scideless ; pectoral very short ; 

 a black band from the eve to the caudal fin. {Val.) 

 Hah. ? 



