8. CORVINA. 303 



and is 4^ in the total ; the diameter of the eye is one-fourth of the 

 length of the head. The snout is convex, and equal to the width 

 of the orbit, with the upper jaw overlapping the lower. The ex- 

 ternal series of teeth of the upper jaw is but little larger than the 

 internal ; the ^'illiform band of the lower jaw is broader than that of 

 the upper. Pi-seopcrculum scarcely crenulated, with a vertical pos- 

 terior limb. Caudalis convex or rhomboidal ; the second anal spine 

 very thick, two-thirds of the length of the first ray. The upper 

 half of the spiny dorsal, from the second to the seventh spine, black ; 

 the soft dorsal with four equidistant, large, oblique, black spots ; the 

 marginal half of the caudal, anal and ventral fins blackish. 



Coast of Malabar ; Sea and rivers of Tranqucbar and Pondicheny ; 

 Sea of Pinang. 



a. Half-grown: skin. Sea of Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 



10. Corvina plagiostoma. 



Bleeker, Java, i. p. 100, and Vcrliand. Batav. Gcnootsch, xxii. Madura, 

 *. p. 10, xxiii. Scieen. p. 17. 



D-lO^s- ^-f L.lat.55. 



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

 in the total. The snout obtuse, with the jaws equal, shorter than 

 the diameter of the eye, which is one-third of the length of the head. 

 Cleft of mouth very oblique. Prajoperculum slightly denticulated. The 

 pectoral and ventral fins nearly equal in length ; the caudal pointed ; 

 the second anal spine strong, one- half of the length of the head. 

 Greyish above ; the spinous dorsal brown, the soft dorsal and the 

 caudal fins minutely dotted with bro^\Ti, the other fins yellowish. i^Bl.) 



Sea of Madura. 



17. Corvina belangerii. 



Corvina belangeri, Ctiv. 4* Val. v. p. 120, cop. in Bdanger, p. 358. 

 ? Corvina kuhlii, Cuv. 4" Vol. v. p. 121 j Bkeker, Verhand. Batav. Ge- 



nootsch. xxiii. Scieen. p. 18. 

 Johnius belangeri, Cant. Catal. p. 65. 

 ? Corvina sampitensis, Bleeker, Borneo, vi. p. 421. 



D-9-10|i5^- ^-f L-lat.48. 



The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is one- 

 fifth of the total. The snout is convex, wdth the upper jaw over- 

 lapping the lower, and shorter than the eye, the diameter of which 

 is 3|- in the length of the head. An external series of larger teeth 

 in the upper jaw. Caudalis rhomboidal ; the length of the second 

 anal spine is two-thirds or four-fifths of that of the first ray. Back 

 and fins pale browTiish ; the marginal half of the caudal, anal and 

 ventral fins blackish. 



Coast of Malabar ; Seas of Pinang, Malayan Peninsula, and Sin- 

 gapore. Borneo (?). 



a, b. Half-grown : skins. Sea of Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Col- 

 lection. 



