380 PRISTIPOMATID.E. 



1. Aphareus furcatus. 



Renard, pi. liO. p. 166 ; V<th'ntijn, uo. 129. 



Labvus furcatus, Lacep. iii. pp. 424, 477. pi. 21. f. 1. 



Caranxamorus sacrestinus, i^c^. v. p. 682. 



Aphareus cserulesceus, Cuv. ^- Val. vi. p. 487. pi. 167 b. 



D. ^. A. |. L. lat. 75. 



The third dorsal spine is the longest. The last ray of the dorsal 

 and anal fins t-n-ice as long as the preceding. Uniform brownish 

 blue. {Cuv.) 



Isle de France. 



2. Aphareus rutilans. 



Cuv. ^ Val. vi. p. 490 ; Rupp. I. c. — ; ? Bleek. Act. Soc. Nederl. ii., 

 Amhoina, p. 52. 



D. i?. A. 4. Caec. pylor. 5. 



The fourth, fifth, and .sixth dorsal spines are the longest ; the last 

 ray of the dorsal and anal fins twice as long as the preceding. 

 TTnifoi-m rose-colom-ed. 



Red Sea. [Sea of Ambojoia.] 



Bleeker found ten dorsal spines and eleven rays in a specimen 

 from Amboyna, which number is given to the other species by 

 Cuvier. In other respects the description agrees better with A. ru- 

 tilans. Bleeker states seventy scales for the lateral line. 



21. M.ffiNA*. 



Meena, Cuv. Regne Ani»i. ; Ctiv. ^- Val. vi. p. 386. 



Form of the body compressed, oblong ; eye moderate ; the mouth 

 very protractile ; the posterior processes of the intermaxiUaries 

 extending to the occiput. One dorsal, scaleless, with the number 

 — ; the anal — : the spines feeble. Caudalis forked. Minute teeth 

 on the vomer. Praeopcrculum entire. Scales moderate, ciliated. 

 Six branchiostegals. Pseudobranchiae. Air-bladder posteriorly di- 

 vided into two lobes. Pyloric appendages in small number. 



Mediterranean. 



1 . Msena vulgaris. 



? Maii/W, Arisf.of. vi. cap. 15, 17, viii. cap. 30, ix. cap. 2. 



? Mpena, Pliii. ix. cap. 25; Rondel, v. cap. 13. p. 138. 



Sparus, sp. 7, Arfedi, Gvncrn, p. 36. 



Spams mfena, L. Gm. p. 1271 ; ? Bl. taf. 270; Bl. Schn. p. 272. 



mendola, Lacep. iv. p. 85. 



Maena vulgaris, Cuv. Sf Val. vi. p. 390 ; 3Iarfeiis, Reisc nach Veiiedig, 

 ii. p. 424 ; Gui'chen. Explor. Sclent. Alger. Poiss. p. 55. 



B. 6. T>. -. A. 4. L. lat. 75. L. transv. 6/13. CaBC. pylor. 4. 



lip *■ '^ 



Vert. 9/13. 

 The height of the body is 3| in the total length, the length of the 



* 1. Mwna ju8i-ulum. Cue. ^- Val. vi. p. 39ii. — Mediterranean. 



