26. PEMPHERIS. 509 



emarginate. Reddish-brown : the dorsal anteriorly blackish-brown ; 

 axil and base of the pectorals black ; the anal inferiorly, the caudal 

 superiorly and inferiorlj'^ edged with brown. 

 East Indian Archipelago and Polynesia. 



a. Adult. (China ?) Presented by Sir J. llichardson. 

 h. Half-grown. Ambojoia. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



c. Half-grown. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



d. Adult. From the Haslar Collection. 



e. Half-grown: skeleton: bad state. Amboyna. Purchased of 



Mr. Frank as Pempheris 7noIucca. 



The skeleton is distinguished by a high but feeble occipital crest, 

 and by the very dilated radius and ulna. There are ten abdo- 

 minal and fourteen caudal vertebra?, the length of the former portion 

 of the vertebral column being to that of the latter as 1 : 2-5. The 

 abdominal vertebrae are very short, whilst those of the caudal portion 

 gradually become longer posteriorly. 



3. Pempheris mangula. 



Mangula kutti, Ricssell, ii. pi. 114. 



Pempheris mangula, Ciw. Sf Val. vii. p. 304 ; Bleek. Verhand. Batav. 

 Getiootsch, xxiii. Chtstod. p. 30. 



Aanicolensis, Cuv. ^ Val. vii. p. 305. 



nesogallica, Cuv. ^ Val. vii. p. 306. 



D. P-. A. -2- . L. lat. 45. 



9-10 38-40 



The height of the body is one-third of the total length ; caudal 

 emarginate. Violet-browii, minutely dotted with brown ; the dorsal 

 anteriorly black, the anal and caudal black-edged ; pectoral without 

 a black spot at the base. 



Indian Ocean and Ai'chipelago ; Sea of Vanicolo. 



4. Pempheris molucca. 



Renard, i. 15. 85 ; Valent. iii. p. 360. f. 46. 



Cm'tus macrolepidotus, Bl. Schn. p. 164. 



Pempheris molucca, Cuv. 8f Val. vii. p. 306 ; Faun. Japon. Potss. p. 85. 



pi. 44. f. 3 ; Richards. Ichth. China, p. 244 ; Cantor, Catal. p. 175 ; 



Cuv. Regne Anim. III. Poiss. pi. 44. f. 2. 

 malaban'ca, Cuv. 8f Val, vii. p. 308. 



The height of the body is one-third of the total length. Violet- 

 brown above, silvery beneath ; fins rose-coloured, sometimes brown- 

 ish ; axil and base of the pectoral whitish. 



East Indian, Chinese, and Japanese Seas. 



a, b. Adult. Madras. Presented by T. C. Jerdon, Esq. 



c. Half-grown: skin. Malayan Peninsula. From Dr. Cantor's 



Collection. 



d. Half-gro-svu. Moluccas. 



