9. GiJii:i,i,A. 427 



ton dorfial uiul tlircc anal spines ; the soft portions of th^' dorsal and 

 anal .scaly at tlio baso. Scales of moderate size. Five braucliiostegals. 

 Sea of Pinang ; Malayan Peninsula. 



1 . Proteracanthus sarissophorus. 



Creuidens sarissoplioi'us, Canf. C'ulal. p. 52. pi. 1. 

 Girella sari8sophoru!3, Bleck. Simjap. pp. (iS, (54. 



D. 'A A.-i. 



15 \i 



The height of the body is 2| in the total length ; caudal trun- 

 cated; the fourth dorsal spine (the recumbent spine not included) 

 very strong and elongate, overlapping the succeeding fi\e spincss ; the 

 first ventral ray produced into a filament. Coloration uniform 

 brownish. (Cant.) 



Sea of Pinang ; Malayan Poniasula. 



9. GIRELLA*. 



Girella, Orai/, Illnstr. Ind. Zool. 



Melanichthys, Tcnuii. c^ Schlci/. Fuun. Japim. Poiss. p. 75. 



Crenidens, sp., Ricliurdsuit. 



In both jaws scries of flat and generally tricuspid teeth, behind 

 which is a band of .similar teeth, but less developed, and replacing 

 the former. No molars ; [in one species a short series of palatine 

 teeth.] Cheeks scaly ; opercles naked, except the upper angle of 

 the operculum. The dorsal spines (fourteen or fifteen) can be re- 

 ceived into a rather incomplete groove. Scales of moderate size. 

 Six branchiostcgals. Pyloric appendages in great number; air- 

 bladder divided into two posterior horns. 



Chinese, Japanese, and Australian Seas. 



1. Girella punctata. 



(lirella punctata, Gray, III. Ind. Zuol. pi. 98. f. 3, 4. 

 Mulaiiiclithys, Tenim. Sf- Schle;/. Faitn. Japan. Poiss. p. 75. pi. 39. 

 Creiiidriis punctatus, Pichurdsun, Ichth. V/iina, p. 242. 

 mulauichthys, Richardson, Ichth. CJiina, p. 243. 



D. liil^. A. -V,. L. lat. 52-66. L. transv. -^. 



13-14 12-13 1/-J1 



The length of the head is about 4^ in the total length ; doreal fin 

 of moderate height, the longest ray rather longer than the last spine ; 

 the incisors three-pointed, moderately broad, imbricate, the upper 

 in three, the lower in two series. Uniform brownish. 



Chinese and Japanese Seas. 



a. 9" long : skin. China Seas. Purchased of Mr. Warwick. 



6. 14" long: .stufted. China. Presented by J. II. Ileevcs, Esq. 



— Tj^ie of Girella punctata : rather deformed by stuffing. 

 c-f. Adult : stufted. Japan. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



* 1. Crcnideus Iconimis, lUvhardson, Ichth. China, p. 242.— Cliiiin Seas. 



