290 SCI^NID^. 



snout is convex, with the upper jaw overlapping the lower, and 

 equals the width of the eye, the diameter of which is 4| in the 

 length of the head. Upper jaw with an external series of larger, 

 pointed teeth. Caudalis pointed ; the second anal spine stout. 

 Coloration uniform, very light ; a row of dark spots near the root of 

 each spine and ray of the dorsal fins. (Holbr.) 

 Port Iloyal Sound (S. Carolina). 



10. Scisena senegalensis. 

 Corvina senegalla, Cuv. Sf Val. v. .p. 132. 



D. 10|i. A.}. Caec. pylor. 4. 



The upper jaw overlapping the lower ; in hoth the jaws an ex- 

 ternal series of larger teeth. Praeoperculum scarcely crenulated. 

 Caudalis rhomboidal. Body uniform ; dorsal fins with three series 

 of black spots. {Cuv.) 



Senegal. 



11. Sciseua diacanthus. 



Lutjanus diacanthus, Lacep. iv. pp. 195, 244. 



Russell, ii. pi. 115, 116. 



Bola chaptis, Buck. Ham. p. 77. pi. 10. f. 25. 



Johnius cataleus, Cuv. Reyne Atmn. ; Cuv, 8f Val. v. p. 128. 



chaptis, Cuv. ff Val. v. p. 130. 



Corvina catalea, Belanc/cr, Voy. hid. Orient. Zool. p. 360 ; Richards. 



Ichth. Chin. p. 226 ; Bleck. Verhand. Bat. Oen. xxiii. Sciccn. p. 18. 

 Johnius platycephalus, {Kuhl ^ Van Hasselt) Cuv. 8f Val. v. p. 132. 

 Scisena maculata, Gray, hid. Zool. ii. pi. 89. f. 1 (young). 

 Johnius diacanthus, Cant. Catal. p. 67 ; Bleek. Java, iv. p. 326. 

 valenciennii, Eydoux ^ Souleyet, Voy. Bonite, Zool. i. p. 159. 



pi. 1. f. 2. 



^•loU-^3- A.f L.lat.55. 



The height of the body is equal to the length of the head, and 

 about 4 to 4| in the total. The snout is moderately convex, with 

 the upper jaw overlapping the lower, longer than the eye, the dia- 

 meter of which is 4i to 61- in the length of the head. The upper 

 maxillarj' reaches a little behiiid the posterior margin of the orbit. 

 An outer series of larger teeth in the upper juw. Prreoperculum 

 rounded, distinctly denticulated. The pectoral fins are hmger than 

 the ventrals ; caudalis pointed ; the second anal spine about one- 

 third of the length of the head. Coloration of body uniform, in 

 young individuals spotted with brown; the dorsal and caudal fins 

 with round brown spots ; the pectoral, ventral, and anal fins black in 

 young individuals 



All the Indian Seas. 

 a. Half-grown. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 

 h. Adult: stuffed. China. Presented by J. 11. Ueevcs, Esq. 



c. Half-growTi : stufled. China. PrescMited by J. R. Peeves, Esq. 



d. Half-grown : stufled. Bay of Bengal. From Dr. Cantor's Col- 



lection. 



