7. MTKIPRISTIS. 21 



Red, the upper part of the gill-opening and the base of the pectoral 

 black. (Bl.) 



Sea of Banda Neira. 



5. Myripristis leignathos. 



Valenc. Voy. Venus, v. p. 316. pi. 4. f. 1. 



D.ll|i A. ^3. L.lat.38. 



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

 of the head 3f ; the intei*space between the eyes is one-fourth of 

 the length of the head. No larger teeth in the jaws ; the upper 

 maxillary reaches to behind the middle of the eye, and is not den- 

 ticulated; scapulary entire. Uniform red. {Vol.) 



Vew Ireland. 



6. Myripristis parvidens. 



Bleek. Amh. Ceram, p. 260; ? Cut. ^ Val. ill. p. 173. 

 D-10|n^. A.^. L.lat.30. 



The height of the body is 3^ or 3 in the total length, the length 

 of the head 3^ ; the interspace between the eyes is 3|^ in^^he length 

 of the head. No larger teeth in the jaws ; the upper niaxiUary 

 reaches to behind the middle of the eye, and is not denticulated; 

 operculum witb a feeble spine ; scapulary entire. Violet-reddish ; 

 fins rose-coloured, the outer rays of the caudal violet ; opercular 

 membrane and base of the pectoral deep black. {Bl.) 



Sea of Amboyna. 



7. Mjrripristis murdjan. 



Sciaena murdjan, Forskal, p. 48. 



Perca murdjan, Schneider , p. 86; Lacep. iv. pp. 396, 418. 



Russell, t. 105. 



Myripristis murdjan, Cuv. ^ Val. iii. p. 177, vii. p. 495; R'dppell, Atl. 



p. 86. t. 23. f. 2, and Fische des Rothen Meets, p. 95 ; Bleeker, Am- 



boina, iii. p. 19. 



B. 8 (7). D. 10 I j-^. A. Y^. L. lat. 28-30. L. transv. 3/6. 



Yert. 10/15. 



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

 length of the head 3| ; tlie interspace between the eyes is two- 

 ninths of the latter. The upper maxillaiy reaches behind the 

 middle of the eye. Operculum with a feeble spine above; the 

 upper maxillaiy with some denticulations ; suboperculum notched 

 before the pectoral fin. Pectoral reaching a little beyond the 

 ventral to the level of the eleventh scale of the lateral line ; the 

 third anal spine stronger, but rather shorter than the fourth. Rose- 

 coloured, scales with a violet edge ; the soft dorsal, anal, and 

 ventral fins with a white front margin, and the anterior rays with a 



