:{|0 sciiENiu^. 



L3. Otolithus argenteus. 



OtulithuH ar^ciiteiis, (Kuhl df v. Haas.) Cue. i^ Val. v. p. 02 ; Riehimh. 

 Ichth. China, p. '2'2o ; Bleek. Verhand. linhii-. (lenuotsch. xxiii. p. 15. 

 ? Sciaiiia japoiiica, Faun. Japan, p. 58. pi. 24. f. 1 (bad). 



1). 10 I --L.. A. y. L. lat. 70. Caec. pylor. 6. 



The height of the body is 5^ in the total length, the length of the 

 head 4.4 ; the diameter of the eye is (5 3 in tlie latter. Canines in 

 both the jaws very strong. Prtcoperculum with very small donti- 

 • culations ; fins not covered with scales, except a narrow continuation 

 of the lateral line on the caudal tin. Anal spine very feeble, one- 

 third of the length of the first ray. Caudal pointed. Coloration 

 uniform. Pseudobranchia;. 



Chinese, Javanese, and Ceylonesc Seas ; coast of Malabar. 



a. Half-grown. China. 



b. Adult : stuffed : not good state. China, rrcsented by J. K. 



Iteeves, Esq. 



c. Adult : skin : not good state. Ceylon. Presented liy E. F. 



Kelaart, M.D. 



d. Large specimen : stuffed. From the Collection of the East India 



Company. 



e. ? Adult : skin : not good state. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



14. Otolithus maculatus. 



Otolithus maculatus, (Kuhl^- v. Hu.hs.) Cuv. i$- Val. v. p. 04; Ca?itor, 

 Catal. p. (52 ; Cuv. Ithjne Anim. III. Pom. pi. 27. f. 2 ; Blcck. Verh. 

 Batav. Genootsch. xxiii. Sciccn. p. 15. 



■ D.IO ±. A.^. 



The height of the body is 5^ in the total length, the length of the 

 head 3| ; the diameter of the eye is a little more than one-sixth of 

 the latter. Canines in both the jaws strong ; the lower jaw projects 

 considerably beyond the upper. Caudal fin nearly rounded in the 

 adult. Back and upper part of the sides with brownish spots, the 

 scales of each spot edged with black ; fins minutely dotted with brown ; 

 single, large, irregular black spots scattered ovei' the caudal fin. 



Seas and estuaries of Pinang, Malayan Peninsula, Singapore, and 

 Batavia. 

 a. Adult: skin. Malayan Peninsula. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 



15. Otolithus bispinosus. 

 Cue. ^ Val. v. p. 05. 



Praeoperculum witii two spines at the angle, besides the usual 

 denticulations. Caudalis veiy elongate ajid poijited. Colonitiou uni 

 form. {Cav.) 



Rangoon. 



rt. Young, 



