494 SPARID^. 



spines strong ; the fourth is the longest, one-third of the length of 

 the head ; jiectoral fins longer than the head, and reaching to the 

 origin of the anal ; ventral fins shorter than the head, with the 

 spine as long as one-third the height of the body ; the second anal 

 spine very strong, 24-2| in the length of the head ; caudal emar- 

 ginate, with the lobes obtuse. Silveiy-greyish, with twelve darker 

 longitudinal streaks ; the vertical fins black-edged. (Bl.) 

 Indian Archipelago. 



16. Chrysophrys berda. 



Sparus berda, Forsk. p. 32 ; Lacep. iv. pp. 31, 105. 

 Chrvsophrys berda, Rupp. N. W. Fische, p. 120. taf. 27. f. 4 (not 

 Cuv. Sf Val). 



D. -Li_. A. ^. 



11-12 10 



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

 head 3|. The prteorbital is twice as long as high, and notched to 

 receive the posterior extremity of the maxillary bone. Dorsal spines 

 strong, compressed, broader on one side ; the fourth is the longest, 

 one-half the length of the head, and equal in length to the second 

 anal spine. (Oiiercidum without spine?) Coloration imiform. {Biip2i.) 



Eed Sea. 



17. Chrysophrys australis. (Plate XXVIII. fig. B.) 

 D. y^,. A.|. L.lat. 44-45. L. transv. 5/13. 



The height of the body is nearly one-thii-d of the total length, the 

 length of the head one-fourth. Tlie diameter of the eye is 4| in 

 the latter, and 1| in the length of the snout. The molars in four 

 series in the upper jaw and in thi^ee in the lower; the posterior 

 ones are the largest. The pra;orbital is rather lower than the orbit. 

 There are five series of scales lietween the prteorbital and the angle 

 of the praeopercidum. Dorsal spines strong ; the fourth is the longest, 

 and nearly one-half of the length of the head. The second anal 

 spine very strong, equal in length to the fourth of the dorsal. Silvery, 

 with shining golden longitudinal streaks ; edge of the spinous dorsal 

 and axil black. 



Australian Seas, entering rivers. 



a. Sixteen inches long : stuffed. 



h. Adult. From the Haslar Collection. 



e. Adidt : skin. Port Essington. Voyage of H.M.S. Fly. 



d. Adult : skin. Port .Jackson. Purchased of J. Gould, Esq. 



e, f. Adidt and half-grown : skins. Australia. Purchased of Mr. 



Warwick, 

 r/, i*;. Adult : skins. Harvey River. (Fresh water. West Australia.) 



Description. — This species belongs to the group with the body 

 fievated and the anal spines strong, which is formed by Chr. berda. 

 hasta. and ccdamarn, all being East Indian species. The body is very 



