20. CHRYSOI'UliVS. ^Q, 



C. Western specimen with 13 dorsal spiues. 

 fc. Adult: stuffed. 



1). Eiistcrn specimens with 11 dorsal snitio«. /v i ■ ■ ■ 

 «cMe, K.ha..d,., CI,.. „.<.»«,„.», S^lr:^.^!Sa^X^ 

 I. Half-grown. China. 



m. Half-grown. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves Esn 

 n,o. Adult: stuffed. China. Presented by jTEefvS F 



Wa^ck ^^''''''^ '^'' ^^^"- P^chased of Mr. 



'/•. Adult: stuffed. Japan, 

 s. Adidt. From the Haslar CoUection •-' 

 t. Adult: stuffed. (Named Chr. 7narginata?) 



"■ ■ nttC "'''■ ''■'''■ ■^"'"^°- '-'—'«" ty su. :. 



The fine series of specimens in the CoUection of the British MusPum 

 has enabled me not only to rectify the sj-nonymy but to for^T 

 a judgment on the differences Observed in^Ses fVom diff.; ? 

 ocaht.es. Above aU, there are three fishes derb^ bt^^^^de 

 authors: S^an,s herda by Porskfd, from the Red Sea, ^ ^s.' bv 

 bchneider, from the coast of Coromandel, and CoiJriZ T 

 Buchanan Hamilton, from the Bay of Benonl tL I I 



the hrst wo.dd appear too insuffici Jnt'to'':rJt of'^^V 2 W fot 

 the figure given by RuppeU, which undoubtecUy reprein sThe s le 

 fish We shaU aftemards see that it is highlyirobableJhat the S 

 beafish must be sepax;ated from those of the^East tdilfald ttt 

 mtlZTl ^^,™\S^^ -PPlj-ingthe name of Sp. henla to he la ter 

 Not having had specimens from the Red Sea, oi- the figiu-e pubhshed 

 by RuppeU, Valenciennes was nnable to compare both s "ecies £ 

 the second name, .S>. hasta, given by Schneider lias tb. n-o-hf f 

 pnonty. Schneider had a specimen ^dth elevt 'dor'd tin"S L'd 

 he gwes a good diagnosis, by which the fish may belSy ^c'^ 

 mzed ; and us specimen coming from the coast of Coroman lei cSt 



wChf 7 V7- "^'^ ^1'- -^^) tiat Cu^er was entii-ely wron-^ 



Uien he confounded it with Datnia argentea{Thempon anunlulZy 



he description given by Buchanan HaniUton is quite cor et' "nd 



there eanno be the least doubt, from the dentition stated that tWs 



ichthyologist described a Sparoid fish. The figure is excclent ad 



In the sixth volume of the ' Histoire Naturelle des Poissons ' 

 Valenciennes confounds, under the name of Clu: berda, BeSals^' 

 cimens of Spams has/a with eleven dorsal spines, and Sp. herda, FoS, 



and tbo f"'™r' ''i''- 'r^'*^"'"'^' ^' --tesspeciminsfrom Jap^ 

 and those from Bengal with twelve doreal spines. ^ 



Schlegel and Riippcll have not compared their specimens with ex- 

 amples from other locabties : the former applies Valenciennes's name 



