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body ; praeoibital denticulated. Young individuals with about twelve 

 transverse blackish streaks : mature specimens with two red streaks 

 on the head, one from the forehead to the snout, the other from the 

 neck to the eye ; body with spots irregularly arranged in cross-series : 

 old specimens without red bands ; body with spots irregularly dis- 

 posed ; dorsal edged with brown. 

 Rivers of Amboyna. 



4. Scatophagus tetracanthus. 



Chfetodon tetracanthus, Lac^. iv. p. 727, iii. pi. 25. f. 2. 

 ? Chaetodon striatus, Rosenth. Ichtliyot. Taf. taf. 13. f. 2. 

 Scatophagus fasciatus, Cuv. 8f Val. vii. p. 144. 



Brownish, with five dark vertical bands. 

 Hah. ? 



5. Scatophagus multifasciatus. 

 Richards. Vuy. Ereh. Sf Terr. Fishes, p. 57. pi. 35. f. 4-6. 



The width between the eyes is 2| in the length of the head ; the 

 third dorsal spine is considerably the longest, and its length 2i in 

 the height of the body. Prseorbital with the lower posterior angle 

 minutely serrated. Back with about twelve narrow vertical bands, 

 between which ax-e others stiU narrower and shorter. 



Coasts of Australia. 

 a. Adult. North Australian Expedition. Presented by Dr. J. R. Elsey. 

 h. Half-grown. Sydney. 



0. Half-grown. Sydney. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 

 d. Adult : stuffed. King George's Sound. — Type of the species. 

 c. Adult: stuffed. Cape York. Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake 



(caught in 61 fathoms). 

 f. Adult : stuffed. Purchased of Mr. Warwick. 



7. EPHIPPUS*. 

 Ephippus, Cuv. Rbgne Atiim. ; Cuv. Sj- Val. vii. p. 112. 



Body much compressed and elevated. Snout short, with the upper 

 profile parabolic. Dorsal deeply emarginated between the spinous 

 and soft portions, the former with nine (eight) spines, the third 

 (second) of which is rather elongate, flexible ; the spinous portion is 

 not scaly, only folthng into a groove. Pectorals short ; anal spines 

 three. No teeth on the palate ; praeoperculum without spine. Scales 

 moderate or rather small. Branchiostcgals six ; air-bladder bifur- 

 cate anteriorly, and with two Ijoms posteriorly. 



Tropical parts of the Atlantic, spreading northwards along the 

 American coasts to New York ; East Indian Seas. 



* 1. Ephippus zonatus, Girard in U. S. Pacif. R. R. Ejprd. Fishes, p. 110.— 

 Coast of California. 



