* 17. LATILUS, 253 



than the soft. Praeoperculum verj^ finely serrated. Coloration uni- 

 form rose-coloured. 



Japanese and Chinese Seas. 



a. Adult. China. Presented by Sir J, Richardson. 



b. Adult; stuffed. 



2. Latilus clirysops. 



Cm: ^ Val ix. p. 496. 



B. 6. D. 1-. A. 22. L. lat. 120. 



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The height of the body is 4| in the total length, the length of the 

 head 4|. Caudalis emarginate ; the spinous portion of the dorsal 

 lower than the soft. Prasoperculum with the posterior limb denti- 

 culated, lied, marbled with yellow ; a yellow band below the eye. 



Coast of Brazil ; Caribbean Sea. 



a. Adult : stuffed. "West Indies. Purchased of Mr. Scrivener. 



3. Latilus doliatus. 



Cm. 8f Val. v. p. 371. pi. 130. 



D. ^, A.^. L. lat. 115. Csec. pylor. 1. 



10 12 ^ •' 



The height of the body is 4| in the total length, the length of the 

 head five times. Caudalis emarginate ; the spinous portion of the 

 dorsal lower than the soft. Praeoperculum finely serrated. Silvery, 

 with from fifteen to eighteen brownish-yellow cross-bands. 



He de France. 



a. Adult : stuffed. lie de France. 



4. Latilus jugularis. 



Cuv. 8f Val. ix. p. 500. pi. 279; Jenyns, Zool. Beagle, Fishes, p. 50 ; Gay, 

 Hist. Chile, Zool. ii. p. 203. 



B. 6. D. ^. A. ^. L. lat. 80, Cibc. pylor. 4. 



The height of the body is 5i in the total length, the length of the 

 head four times. CaudaUs truncated. The posterior limb of the 

 praeoperculum with small spinous teeth. Brownish, marbled with 

 darker. 



Coast of Valparaiso. 



There is no larger tooth at the posterior extremity of the inter- 

 maxillary in this species. 



a. Adult. Chile. From Mr. Bridge's Collection. 



5. Latilus princeps. 



Jenyns, Zool. Beagle, Fishes, p. 52. pi. 11. 



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The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is 4| 



