468 sp.uiiD.E. 



4. Pagms unicolor. 



Chrysophn'S unicolor, Quoij Sf Guim. Voy. Urait. p. 299. 



Pagnis unicolor, Cuv. >.y Val. x\. p. 162; Richardson, Ichth. China, 



p. 242. 

 guttulatus, Cuv. ^- Val. \-i. p. 160 ; Less. Voy. Coq. Zool. ii. p. 188. 



D. i^. A.I-. L. lat. 52. L. transv. S/17. C^c. pylor. 5. 



10 8 I z J 



The height of the body is 2| in the total length, the length of the 

 head 3| ; the diameter of the eye eqnaLs the distance between the 

 eyes, and is Ij iu the length of the snont* ; a very slight protu- 

 berance above the upper anterior angle of the eye ; the prseorbital is 

 If as long as high ; there are six or seven series of scales on the 

 praeoperculum . Dorsal spines not elongate; the second anal spine 

 rather longer, but not stronger, than the thii'd, one-thii'd of the length 

 of the head ; the pectoral reaches to the third anal spine, and is 4| 

 in the total length. Silvery ; back darker, with silvery .specks, 

 sometimes disappearing in presei-ved specimens. 



New Zealand ; Australian Seas. (Chinese Seas ?) 



a. Young. New Zealand. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



h, c. Young. New Zealand. Presented by Sii' J. Richardson. 



cl, e. Young. New Zealand. From the Haslar Collection. 



f-h. Young. New Zealand. From the Haslar Collection. 



i. Adult : bad state ; has been in chloride of zinc. Sydney. Pre- 

 sented by Sir J. Richardson. 



h. Fine specimen. Port Jackson. Collected by Mr. Macgillivray. 



I. Skeleton. Port Jackson. Collected by Mr. Macgillivray. 



m. Half-grown. Norfolk Island. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



ti. Half-grouTi. Norfolk Island. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



0. Adxilt: stuffed. Moreton Island (12 fathoms). Voyage of the 

 Rattlesnake. 



p. Adult : skin. Australia. Purchased of Mi*. Warwick. 



q, r. Adult* skins. Australia. Purchased of Mr. Gould. 



s. Adult : bad state. Hong Kong? Presentedby Sir J. Richardson. 



t, u. Adult: skins. Cape of Good Hope ? From Mr. Macgillivray's 

 Collection. 



V. Half-grown : skin. 



w, x. Young. From the Haslar Collection. 



y, r. Y^oimg. From the Haslar Collection. 



a. Many young specimens. From the Haslar Collection. 



Pagrus microjpterus, established by Valenciennes fi'om an apparently 

 faiilty dra^ving (Cuv. & Val. vi. p. 163), may prove to be identical 

 with this species. 



The following specimens probably belong to a different and un- 

 kno^vn species ; but being half-skins only, and deformed by stuffing, 

 they do not admit of any satisfactoiy description. If we put aside 

 their general form and their great size, they agree best with P. uni- 

 color. 



* In young individuals equal to tlie length of the snout. 



