12. TOXOTES. (J!) 



and in all the generic characters, the j^rcsent species completely 

 agrees with T. jaculator ; the snout, however, is much shorter, its 

 length being scarcely more than the diameter of the eye, and con- 

 siderably less than the width between the orbits. Tlie diameter of 

 the eye is one-fourth of the length of the head. The length of the 

 base of the anal equals exactly that of the dorsal. One of the largest 

 scales covers two-thirds of the eye. 



The colour may prove to be subject to as ranch variation as in the 

 other species. The specimens described are yellowish, "wdth greenish 

 back and yellowish caiidal. There is a series of four black blotches 

 on each side : the anterior is the smallest, and situated on the upper 

 extremity of the pra;oiDerculum ; the third is the largest, and placed 

 opposite the dorsal spines ; a narrow blackish band round the base 

 of the caudal ; a round black spot on the posterior angle of the dorsal ; 

 the anal and the ventrals are black. 



inches, lines. 



Total length 6 



Height of the body 2 6 



Length of the head 1 8 



Width between the eyes 7 



Diameter of the eye 5 



Length of the snout 5| 



of the fourth dorsal spine 1 



of the base of the dorsal 1 10 



of the base of the anal 1 10 



of the third anal spine 9i 



of the pectoral 1 2 



of the ventral 9 



of a large scale 4 



Height of a large scale 3^- 



