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head foiir times ; the distance between the eyes is more than their 

 diameter. Dorsal spines rather feeble, of equal strength ; the spi- 

 nous portion of the fin not, or scarcely higher tlian the soft ; the 

 second anal spine rather stronger than the third, 4^ in the length of 

 the head. Back bluish, beUy silvei-y ; body striped ; a large black 

 blotch above the angle of the operculum ; a bright yellow band be- 

 tween the eyes. ( Veil.) 

 Mediterranean. 



3. Chrysophrys globiceps. 

 Cuv. ^ Vol. vi. p. 100. 



Closely allied to Chrysophrys aurata. 



The prsDorbital is not so high. Dorsal spines rather feeble, of equal 

 strength. Back bluish, belly silvery ; a blackish blotch above the 

 angle of the operculum ; a bright yeUow band between the eyes. 

 Young individuals with three or four cross-bands, each formed by a 

 double series of black points. ( Val.) 



Cape of Good Hope. 



4. Chrysophrys caemleosticta. 



Cuv. 8f Val. vi. p. 110 : WM Sf Berthelot, Hist. Nat. lies Canm: p. 31 . 

 pi. G. f. 2. 



D. ^. A. |. L. lat. oO. Cffic. pylor. 4. 



The height of the body is one-third of the total length ; the dia- 

 meter of the eye is one-ibiu-th of the length of the head, and 1| in 

 the distance between the eyes. The upper profile, between the dorsal 

 fin and the snout, forms a quarter of a circle ; the crown is slightly 

 convex. Prteoperculum with three series of scales. Incisors conical, 

 strong ; four series of molars in the upper jaw, thi'ee in the lower ; no 

 single large molar. The third dorsal spine longest, three-sevenths of 

 the height of the body ; pectorals very long, extending to the fourth 

 soft ray of the anal, lied, shining golden ; back -^nth smaU blue 

 spots an'angcd in four or five series ; a yellow band between the 

 eyes ; dorsal fiu minutely dotted with blackish. 



North-west coast of Africa. 



According to the statement of Valenciennes, the au--bladder is fur- 

 nished Avith a great number of short and obtuse appendages on each 

 side. 



5. Chrysophrys laticeps. 



C^Tifedus, sp., Grcmov. Zoophyl. no. 213. 



Ciu-vsophrya laticeps, Cuv. Si Val. vi. p. 122 ; Cuv. Eigne Aiiim. III. 



Pom. pi. 34. f. 2. 

 Perca leouina, Oronov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 113. 



D. |i^. A.|. L. lat. 65. L. transv. 8/17. Vert. 10 14. 



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



