494 CA"RANGID^,. 



the angle of the mouth. The third dorsal spine e::iceedingly elongate, 

 filiform. Silvery ; back and posterior part of the body and a ver- 

 tical band through the eye greyish. 



Sea of Vanicolo ; also found in the stomach of a CorypTuena caught 

 in 1° N. L., 75° E. Long., Paris Mend. 



20. PSENES* 



Psenes, Cuv. ^ Val. ix. p. 259. 



Body compressed, elevated, covered vnth rather small cycloid 

 scales ; cleft of the mouth narrow, with the muzzle above swollen, 

 truncated and short. Two dorsals : the first continuous : the second 

 and the anal are much more developed, without finlets ; three (two) 

 anal spines, joined to the soft portion. A series of small teeth in the 

 jaws, none on the palate. Six (seven) branchiostegals ; air-bladder 

 bifurcate posteriorly. 



East Indian and Australian Seas. 



1. Psenes cyanophrys. 

 Ctiv. Sr Val. ix. p. 260. pi. 265. 



B.6. D.9|i. A.|. 



The height of the body is 2^ in the total length, the length of the 

 head four times. Snout truncated, short, equal in length to the dia- 

 meter of the eye which is one-fourth of the length of the head. The 

 lower jaw extends slightly beyond the upper. The soft dorsal and 

 anal covered with small scales. Reddish-brownn, with a blue streak on 

 the side of the head, above the eye, anteriorly convergent with that 

 of the other side. {Cuv.) 



Coaot of New Ireland. 



2. Psenes javanicus. 



Cuv. ^ Val. ix. p. 264 ; Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. Makr. p. 74, and 

 Act. Soc. Tndo-Neilerl. ii. Amhoina, p. Gl. 



B.6. D.9-10|^,. A.^g. L.lat.55. 



The height of the body is 2| to 3 times in the total length, the 

 length of tlie head 4—4^. Snout tnmcated, and much shorter than 

 the diameter of the eye, which is 2| to 3 times in the length of the 

 head. The maxillary reaches to below the anterior half of the eye. 

 Angle of the praooperculum very slightly denticulated. Greenish 

 above ; back and sides with numerous brown longitudinal streaks ; 

 dorsal, anal, and ventral fins browTi. 



Seas of Java and Ambojoia. 



a, h. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



* 1. Psenes auratus, Ciiv. &( Val. ix. p. 2G4. — Gulf of Bengal. 



