68 PERCID.l?. 



Prosper Alpin, Res. Eg. iv. c. 2; Sonnini, Voy. ii. p. 292. t. 22. f. 3; 



Hassbiq. Vol/, p. 359; Geo^r. Dcscr. de C Ey., Poiss. pi. 9. f. 1. 

 Lates niloticus, Cuv. ^- Vul. li. p. 89, iii. p. 490. 



^•7 (-8) If,. A. 3-^^. C«)c. pylor. 5. 



PrsDoperculiim with a right angle ; coracoid wdth five denticula- 

 tions; second and third spine of the analis nearly equal in length. 

 Back brownish, sides and belly silvciy white. 



Nile. 



2. Lates calcarifer. 



Holocentrus calcarifer, Block, t. 244. 



Russell, ii. t. 181. 



Holocentrus heptadactylus, Lacep. iv. pp. 344, 391. 



CoiiLS vacti. Hum. Buck. Ganyes, Fislws, t. IG. f. 28, 



Lates nobilis, Cuv. H^ Val. ii. p. 96. t. 13; Richardson, Ichth. CJiina, 



p. 222; Bleeker, Perr. p. 27; Cantor, Catal. p. 1; Ilayeinan in 



Natuurk. Tydschr. Nederl. Ind. 1851, p. 348. 



I>-7-8|l A. 4 



PrsDoperculum with an obtuse angle; coracoid with six to ten 

 denticiilations ; third spine of analis nearly twice as long as second. 

 Back and sides brownish, shining, belly white. 



Mouths of the large East Indian rivers. 



a. Half-grown. India. From Mr. Brandt's Collection as Lates 



argenteus. 

 h. Half-grown. India. Presented by the Zoological Society. 

 e. Half-grown. India. Presented by G. R. Waterhouse, Esq. 

 d, e, f. Adult : stuffed. Ganges. From Mr. Wanvick's Collection . 

 g. Adult : stuffed. China. Presented by the East India Company. 

 h. Half- grown : stuffed. China. Presented by J. 11. Reeves, Esq. 

 ?*. Adult : skin. China. From Mr. Wai-wick's Collection. 



6. ONIDON. 

 Cnidon, Miill. 8f Trosch. Hor. Ichth. p. 21. 



Seven branchiostegals ; pseudobranchiac absent; all the teeth 

 villiform, without canines; teeth on the palatine bones. Two 

 dorsals ; the first with seven, the anal fin with three .spines. Oper- 

 culum spiniferous ; praeoperculum with the lower limb entire, and 

 the posterior denticulated; a spine au the angle. Pncorbital nearly 

 entire. Pyloric appendages ? 



Philippines. 



1 . Cnidon chinensis. 



Midi. (!y- Trosch. I. c. 



Manilla. 



D-7|r3 A J. 



