304 SCliKNIDiE. 



18. Corvina lobata. 

 Corvina lobata, Cuv. ^ Val. v. p. 122. pi. 107. 



D. 9-10 I 5^. A.f Caec. pylor. 8. 



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

 the total. Snout convex, with the upper jaw overlapping the lower, 

 and with the cleft of the mouth nearly horizontal. Denticulations of 

 prseopercidum not visible. Caudalis rhomboidal. The first ventral 

 ray prolonged into a filament ; the length of the second anal spine 

 24 in that of the head. Back with five dark cross-bands, fins Avith 

 blackish margins. (Cuv.) 



Coast of Malabar. , 



19. Corvina semiluctuosa. 

 Cuv. (§• Val. V. p. 97. pi. lOG. 



D. 10 I 31. A.}. 



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

 and 3^ in the total (in mature specimens). The upper jaw convex, 

 overlapping the lower. Praooperculum scarcely crenulated. The 

 dorsal fins united, with the notch between not very deep ; the caudal 

 rounded ; the second anal spine strong, but one-fourth shorter than 

 the first ray ; the first ray of the ventral fin prolonged, filiform. 

 Greyish-green, with many brown oblique streaks, directed forwards ; 

 all the fins brownish-black. 



Goa ; Pondicherry ; China. 



a. Young. China. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 



20. Corvina albida. 

 Cuv. ^ Val. V. p. 93, cop. in Belanger, Voy. hid. Orient. Zool. p. .3.55. 

 D. 10 I ^. A. |. L. lat. 75. L. transv. ^. 



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

 and 4^ in the total. The snout is rather obtuse, convex, with the 

 Jaws equal in front, shorter than the diameter of the eye, which is 

 one-seventh of the length of the head ; in both the jaws an outer 

 series of larger teeth. Praeoperculum scarcely denticulated, more 

 distinctly in young individuals; suprascapula crenulated, coracoid 

 entire. The ventral and pectoral fiiis nearly equal in length ; the 

 second anal spine strong, one-fifth shorter than the first ray. Cau- 

 dalis pointed. Coloration uniform, with ah indistinct streak along 

 the centre of each scale. 



Coast of Malabar ; Chinese Sea. 



a. Large specimen : st ified. 



h. Adiilt : stuff'ed. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves^Esq. 



r. Young. India. 



