27S SCI.TiNIDJK. 



total length, the length of the head one-fifth. Dorsal line nearly 

 straight. The snout is very blunt, as long as the diameter of the 

 eye, one-fifth the length of the head. Prscoperoulum very ohsolctely 

 denticulated. The anal spine very slender, and about half the length 

 of the first ray. Coloration iiniform. 

 Coquimbo, Chile. 



12. Umbrina dussumieri. 



Cm: <5- I'd/, ix. p. 481 ; Bleckcr, Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiii. Scuen. p. 19. 

 D. lU I ^. A. 2/7. L. lat. 51 . L. transv. ^. 



The height of the body is 34 in the total length, the length of the 

 head 8| ; the diameter of the eye is 4= in the length of the head, 

 and much shorter than the snout ; the upper maxillary reaches to 

 below the centre of the orbit. Pra^operculum rounded, Avithout 

 visible denticulations ; the second anal spine moderate, its length 

 being 3i in that of the head. Coloration uniform (in spirits) ; the 

 first dorsal greyish. 



East Indies. 



a. Half-grown. Sine ])atriu. 



13. Umbrina amblycephalus. 



Blvcker, Aniboiiia, vi. p. 412. 



D. 10 1 ^'. A. I-. L. lat. 53. 



I 24 7 



Barbel shorter than the eye. The height of the body is nearly 

 equal to the length of the head, and 44 in the total. The diameter 

 of the eye is nearly one-third of the length of the head. The upper 

 maxillary reaches to below the posterior half of the eye ; the upper 

 jaw with an ext(!rnal series of larger teeth. Prajoperculum rounded, 

 distinctly denticulated. Caudalis with an obli(|ue notch ; the second 

 anal spine thick, shorter than the first ray. Coloration uniform. (Bl.) 



Sea of Amboyna. 



14. Umbrina russellii. 



JlusseU, pi. 118 (not finished figure). 



Umbrina russoUi, Cuv. c^- Val. v. p. 178; ? Richards. Ichth. Chin. p. 226; 



Cunt. Catal. p. 71. 

 kuhlii, Cin\^- Val. v. p. 179; Bleek. Verhand. Batav. (Jrenootsch. 



xxiii. Scicen. p. 19. 



Jjarbel elongate, reaching to the angle of the mouth ; shorter in 

 young individuals. The height of the body is 3| in the total length, 

 the length of the head 4^^. The snout e(juals in length the diameter 

 of the eye, which is one-fourtli of tlie lengtli of the head. Caudalis 

 rhomboidal ; the- second anal spine; four-fifths of the length of the 

 first ray. Silvery greyish-green : from the vertex, between the eyes, 

 a blackish ban<l runs ol>li(piely backwards over th(> temple. t(>rmi- 



