23. EQTJULA. 501 



exceedingly small, A black blotch on the spinous dorsal, and a 

 blackish transverse spot on the nape of the neck. 

 Seas of China and Japan. 



a, h. Adult. China. 



c. Half-grown. China. 



d. Half-grown : very bad state. China. Presented by J. E. Reeves, 



Esq. 



e. Half-grown. China. 

 /. Young. China. 



(/. Young. Amoy (China). Purchased. 



7. Equula bindoides. 



Sleeker, Makreel. d. 372, and Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxiv. Makr. 

 p. 83. 



B.4, D.i K.^, 



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

 of the head 4|. A pair of spines above the anterior margin of the 

 orbit; the lower praeopercular limb serrated. The inferior profile 

 is more convex than the superior. Scales very small, but conspi- 

 cuous ; the lateral line terminates on the tail. The height of the 

 second dorsal spine is one-third of that of the body. The spinous 

 dorsal with an orange-coloured, brown-edged spot at the top ; back 

 with irregular dark spots. 



East Indian Archipelago. 



a, b. Adult : bad state. Borneo. Purchased of Mr, Frank. 



c. Half-grown : bad state. Moluccas. Purchased of Mr. Franlc. 



d, Yoiing. Singapore. 



8. Equula splendeus. 



Goomorah karah, Riissell, i, p, 48, pi, 61. 



Equula splendens, Cuv. Bkgne Anim. ; Cantor^ Catal. p, 149, 



gomorah, Cuv. (^ Val. x. p, 80 ; R'nppell, N. W. Fische, p, 51 ; 



Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxir. Makr. p. 82, 

 caballa, Bleek. Oost-Java (not Cuv. 8f Vol.). 



D. ^. A. ^. Vert. 10 14. 



15 14 



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

 of the head four times. The upper profile is much more convex 

 than the lower. A pair of small spines above the anterior margin 

 of the orbit ; the cavity on the head is about tAvice as long as broad. 

 The lower praeopercular margin is finely serrated, and its length is 

 I5 in that of the mandibula ; the mandibula is slightlj' concave, and 

 ascends at an angle of about 35°. The length of the second dorsal 

 spine is three-quarters of that of the head. Scales small. A black 

 blotch on the spinous dorsal. 



Red Sea ; East Indian Seas. 



a. Half-grown ; skin. Malayan Peninsula. From Dr. Cantor's Col- 

 lection. 



