390 PRISTIPOMATID^. 



7. Smaris insidiator. 



Smaris insidiator, Cut\ ^- Val. vi. p. 414 ; Bonap. Faun. Ital. Pesci, 



pi. . f. 2. 

 h Smaris angustatus, Solander, Cuv. 8f Val. vi. p. 421. — Madeira. 

 ? Smaris royeri, Bowdich, Cuv. 8f Val. vi. p. 421. — Madeira. 



D. y. A. ^. L. lat. 90. L. transv. 4/15. Case, pylor. 3. 



Body cylindrical. The height of the body is one-sixth of the 

 total length, the length of the head one-fourth ; the diameter of the 

 eye is nearly one-third of the length of the head, and equal to that 

 of the snout. Caudalis notched. No lateral blotch. 



Mediterranean ; Madeira. 



a. Fine specimen. Madeira. From the Haslar Collection. 

 6. Fine specimen. Madeii-a. Pm-chased of Mr. Stevens. 



c. Adult: bad state. Madeii-a. From the Haslar Collection. 



d. Adult. Bay of Naples. Presented by S. P. Pratt, Esq. 



e. Adidt. 

 /. Adult. 



23. C-ffiSIO*. 



Ctesio, sp., (Cuinincrsoii) Cur. Rk/ne Aniin.; Cue. 6,- Val. vi. p. 426. 



Form of the body oblong ; eye moderate ; the cleft of the mouth 

 more or less oblique, with the jaws equal, or the lower slightly 

 longer. One dorsal, continuous, with the anterior pari highest, more 

 or loss covered with scales f ; the number of the spines varying be- 

 tween nine and thirteen ; anal fin ~^^ ; aU the spines very feeble ; 

 caudaKs deeply forked. No teeth on the palate. Prteoperculum 

 entire, or minutely deuticidated. Scales moderate, ciliated. Six or 

 seven branchiostegals. Pseudobranchia?. Air-bladder simple. Py- 

 loric appendages in small number. 



From the K,ed Sea through the Inchan Ocean into the Pacific. 



1 . Caesio lunaris. 



Reiuml, pi. 32. f. 174. 



CcBsio lunaris, (Ehrenhy.) Cuv. 8f Val. vi. p. 441 ; Less. Voy. Coq. Zool. 



ii. p. 186, Poiss. pi. 34 (faidty) ; Blether, Natuurk. Tydschr. Nederl. 



Indie, 1851, p. 177. 



D. ^. A. -^. L. lat. 55. Caec. pylor. 5. 



14 )1 '■ ■' 



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

 head 4|- ; the diameter of the eye is 3g in the latter ; the second 



* 1. Ciesio tricolor, Cm: cj- Val. vi. p. 438. — East IncUes. 



2. Spams cuning, Bl. taf. 2(i3. f. 1 : Lacep. iv. p. 115. — Cic-hla cuning, Bl. 

 Schii. p. 336. — Ca'sio ciuiing, Cuv. ^- Val. vi. p. 444. — East Indies. 



t Cfr. Ciosio gyuinopt^rus, p. 31)4. 



