62 ^QUAMrPTNNES. 



anal not elevated anteriorly ; the firrt ray of the ventral fins elon- 

 gate. Coloration uniform. {Cnv.) 

 Cape Verde. 



4. Ephippus orbis. 



Chsetodon-orbis, Bl. tab. 202. f. 2 ; Bl. Schn. p. 232 ; LacSp. iv. pp. 458, 



491 ; Shaw, Zool. iv. p. 3.']9. 

 Ephippus orbiS; Ciw. Sf Vol. vii. p. 127 ; Richards. Ichth. Chin. p. 246 j 



Blecker, Verhai\d. Batav. Goioofsch. .\xiii. Chcetod. p. 22. 

 Ilarches orbis, Cant. Catal. p. KiO. 

 Ephippus melanopiis, Bleeker, Topogr. Batav. 



D. ^. A. f^. L. lat. 35. L. transv. 7/15. 



The third and"fourth dorsal spines and the first ventral ray elon- 

 gate, filiform. Coloration uniform. 

 East Indian Seas. 



a. Adult. Sumatra. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



6. Adult : skin. Ceylon. Collected by E. F. Kelaart, M.D. 



8. DREPANE. 

 Drepane, Cuv. (^ Val. vii. p. 129. 



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

 profile parabolic. Dorsal deeply emarginate, with eight or nine 

 spines, the third of which is the longest and flexible ; the spinous 

 portion of the fin is not scaly, only folding into a groove. Pectorals 

 elongate, falciform ; anal spines three. No teeth on the palate ; 

 praeoperculum without spine. Scales moderate. Branchiostegals 

 six ; air-bladder prolonged into two horns posteriorly ; pyloric ap- 

 pendages in small numbei-. 



East Indian Seas. 



1. Drepane punctata, 



Chaetodon punctatiis, L. Gm. p. 1243 ; Shaw, Zool. iv. p. 365. 



longimanus, Bl. Schn. p. 231. 



falcatiis, Lacep. iv. pp. 452, 470. 



Russell, pis. 79, 80, 81. 



Ephippus punctatus. Cm: Regne Anim. 



lougimauus, Ciiv. Regno Anim. 



Drepane punctata, Cuv. i^ Val. vii. p. 132. pi. 179; Richards. Ichth. 



Chin. p. 245, and Ann. <§• Mag. Nat. Hist. x. 1842, p. 28. 

 longimana, Cuv. i^'- T a/, vii. p. 133; Richards. Ichth. Cliiti. p. 245; 



Bleek. Verh. Batav. Genootsch. xxiii. Cha;tod. p. 23. 

 Harpochirus punctatus. Cant. Catal. p. 1G2. 

 longimanus, Cant. Catal. p. 163. 



D. Ij. a. ^. L. lat. 50. L. transv. 14/33. Caec. pylor. 2-3. 



The third dorsal spine is the longest ; the first ray of the ventral 

 fin elongate ; the pectoral reaches to, or nearly to the root of the 

 caudal Uniform silvery, or with vertical series of brown specks, 

 which are sometimes confluent. 



East Indian Seas ; N.W. coast of Australia. 



