9. 0T0LITHU6. 3U5 



21, Corvina jubata. 



Bleeker, Borneo, viii. p. IGO. 



D-10|.^3- A-ri- L.lat.50. 



The body is not quite so high as the head is long, the length of 

 which is one-foui'th of the total. The snout is convex, obtuse, with 

 the upper jaw longest, shorter than the diameter of the eye, which 

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

 in the maxillary bone. Prae , sub- and interoperculura distinctly 

 denticulated. Scales smooth, entirfe, except those of the crown and 

 neck, which are provided with prominent bunches of setiform teeth. 

 Caudalis pointed ; the second anal spine thick, but only one-half the 

 length of the first ray, or one-fourth of the length of the head. 

 Coloration uniform. {Bl.) 



Rivers of Bandjermassing (Borneo). 



22. Corvina fasciata. 

 Cheilotrema fasciatum, Tsclmdi, Faun. Per. Ichthyol. p. 1.3. tab. 1. 

 D.10|i^. A.f 



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

 head four times ; the diameter of the eye is 1 j in the extent of the 

 snout. Pra3operculum wdth the angle rounded, with the posterior 

 margin nearly vertical, and with some slight denticulations inferiorly. 

 An outer series of larger teeth. Caudal subtruncated ; the length of 

 the second anal spine is two-thirds of that of the first ray. Silvery, 

 with indistinct cross-bands. (Tsch.) 



Caleta of Chancay, between Callao and Huacho. The typical spe- 

 cimen is in the Berhn Museum. 



9. OTOLITHUS*. 



Otolithus, Cui\ Regne Anim. ; Cuv. 4" V'al. v. p. 59. 



Body oblong ; muzzle obtuse or slightly pointed, with the lower 

 jaw longer. Two dorsals, the first with nine or ten feeble spines ; 

 anal fin with small spines. Conical canine teeth more or less distinct, 



* 1. Otolithus versicolor, Cuv. ^ Vol. v. 64, from Bussell, pi. 109 ; Cant' 

 Catal. p. 61. — East Indies t- 



2. virescens, Cuv. ^ Val. v. p. 72. — Surinam. 



3. aureus, Richards. Ichth. Chin. p. 224. — Canton. 



4. reevesii, Richards. Ichth. Chin. p. 224. — Canton. 



5. nebulosus, Cuv. ^ Val. v. p. 79. — America? 



6. tridentifer, Richards. I. c. p. 225.— China Seas. 



7. Jolmius aneus, .B/. vii. p.l35. taf.357; Corvina anei, Cuv. SfVal. v. p. 131. 



— Tranquebar. 



t A single skin of a young specimen, from Dr. Cantor's Collection, is in the 

 British Museum, but it does not present peculiarities by which the species may 

 be properly distinguished. 



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