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PBiSTrpoMATrD-i:. 



4. Pentapus vittatus. 



Spainis vittatus, Block, taf. 275. 

 Pentapus vittatus, Cuv. <§• Val. vi. p. 260. 



B. 6. D. ^. A. 4. L, lat. 32. L. transv. 14-15. 



The margin of the prseoperculum scaly. The height of the body 

 equals the length of the head, and is one-fourth of the total ; the 

 diameter of the eye is rather less than one-third of the length of the 

 head, and equals that of the snout. Caudalis forked. Three blue 

 longitudinal bands from the head along the sides. ( Val.) 



East Indies. 



5. Pentapus porosus. 

 Cnv. 4- Val. vi. p. 267. pi. 156. 



D. ^. A.|. L. lat. 50. 



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

 fourth of the total. The pectoral does not extend to the anal. Body 

 with indistinct oblique streaks. ( Val.) 



Hah. ? 



6. Pentapus nubilus. 



Pentapodus nubilus, Cantor, Catal. p. 49. 



D. ^. A. |. L. lat. 47. 



The length of the head, when the muzzle is protracted, is one- 

 third of that of the body, the caudal not included. The pectoral 

 reaches to the anal. An indistinct blackish oblique band from the 

 nape of the neck to the point of the operculum ; a second, similar, 

 in front of the dorsal, terminating beneath the lateral Une in a large 

 rounded spot; a few indistinct, blackish, clouded spots along the 

 sides. (Cant.) 



Sea of Pinang. 



7. Pentapus uriicolor. 

 Cuv. ^ Val. vi. p. 263. 



D. ^. A. -i. L. lat. 60. 



8 7 



The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is about 

 one-foui'th of the total. Caudalis forked. Coloration uniform. ( Val.) 

 East Indies ? 



8. Pentapus setosus. 



Cuv. 6f Val. vi. p. 270 ; Bleekcr, Natuurk. Ti/dschr. Nederl. Ind. 1851, 

 p. 175. 



B. 6. D. ^. A. y. L. lat. 60. Ctec. pylor. 5. Vert. 10/13. 



The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is 4| in 

 the total ; the diameter of the eye is 3^ in the length of the head. 

 The middle spines of the dorsal longest ; the first ray of the ventrals 



