300 sci^NiD.Ti:. 



posterior edge, strongest at the angle, the lowest directed downwards ; 

 suprascapula serrated, coracoid entire. The dorsal spines moderately 

 strong ; caudaUs irregularly truncated ; the second anal spine very 

 strong, as long as the first ray, two-thirds the length of the head. 

 Pectoral and ventral fins equal in length. Silvery : the first dorsal 

 brownish, the other vertical fins with the margins minutelv dotted 

 with black. Pseudobranchi®. 

 Caribbean Sea ; Surinam. 



a. Fine specimen. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 

 h. Fine specimen. S. Domingo. Purchased of Mr. Cuming. 



c. Half-grown. S. Domingo. Purchased of Mr. Cuming. 



d. e. Half-grown : skins. Jamaica. From Dr. Pamell's Collection. 

 /. Half- grown. Bahia. Purchased of M. Parzudaki. 



g. Half-grown. Sandwich Islands (?). From the Collection of the 



Zoological Society. 

 h. Half-grown : skin. 



9. Corvina cuja. 



Bola cuja, Btich. Ham. Gang. Fishes, pi. 12. f. 27. 



? Johnios gerratus, Bl. Schn. p. 76. 



Corvina cuja, Cut. 4' Val. v. p. 96; Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 58. 



I^-10i,77^. A.f L.lat.48. L.transv.l 



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

 and 3| in the total length. The snout is convex, rather obtuse, with 

 the jaws nearly equal ; it is longer than the diameter of the eye, 

 which is one-sixth of the length of the head ; the intei-space between 

 the eyes is rather narrower than the horizontal diameter of the eye 

 is long. An outer series of rather larger teeth in the maxillaiy 

 bone. The second anal spine exceedingly strong, as long as the first 

 ray, and | of the length of the head ; the caudal fin covered with 

 scales, the second dorsal and the anal scaly for one-third of their 

 height. Caudalis roimded. Obhque streaks above the lateral line, 

 horizontal ones beneath ; both dorsal fins with two longitudinal series 

 of brown spots. 



Ganges. Japan. 



a, b. Large specimens : stuffed. 

 c, d. Adult : stuffed. 



e. Young. Calcutta. From the Collection of Messrs. von Schlag- 



intweit. 

 /. Dried. 



10. Corvina miles. 



Holocentrus soldado, Lacej). iv. pp. 344, 373. 



Russell, pi. 117. 



Corvina miles, Cuv. ^ Val. v. p. 94, ix. p. 479 : Bl^iek. Verhand. Batav. 



Genootsch. xxiii. Scieen. p. 17. 

 soldado, Cant. Catal. p. 70. 



^•9-10U-^„. A. i. 



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



