19 A PRION 81 



1. Enoplosus armatus. 



Chaetodon armatus, White, Voy. N. S. Wales, pi. 39. f. 1. 



Enoplosus whitii, Lacep. iv. p. 641. 



armatus, Cuv. 8f Val. ii. p. 133. pi. 20. 



D. 7 I ~. A. f^. CsBC. pylor. 15. Yert. 25. 



Fpper profile of head very concave ; body one-half as high as long, 

 much compressed ; all the fins, except caudal, much elongate and 

 pointed. White, with eight black transverse bands. 



Coast of New South AVales. 



a. Adult. Sydney. Presented by Lieut. Alexander Smith, "R.N. 



h. Adult. Sydney. Presented by Mr. Williams. 



c-e. Adult. Sydney. From the Haslar Collection. 



/, Several specimens. Australia. From the Haslar Collection. 



g. Adult. Australia. 



h. Adult : stuffed. Australia. From Mr. Warwick's Collection. 



i. Adult: stuff'ed. Australia. 



h. Adult : skin. Australia. From Mj". Gould's Collection. 



/. Adult : skin. Australia. 



m. Half-grown : skin. Australia. From Mr. Gould's Collection. 



Second Group. SERRANINA. 



(For characters, see page 57.) 



19. APRION. 



Aprion, Cuv. ^ Val. vi. p. 543. 



Seven branchiostegals. Teeth villiform, with canines in both 

 jaws ; teeth on the palatine bones ; tongue smooth. One dorsal 

 with ten spines, the anal fin with three. Operculum spiniferous ; 

 prajoperculum entire, with a single ridge. Scales moderate. 



Coasts of the Seychelles. 



1. Aprion virescens. 

 Cuv. 8f Val. vi. p. 544. pi. 168. 



D. H. A. |. L. lat. 50. L. transv. 20. 



The height of the body is one-fifth of the total length, the length 

 of the head one-fourth ; the diameter of the eye is one-fourth of the 

 length of the head. The lower jaw rather prominent ; suprascapula 

 denticulated. CaudaHs deeply forked. Greenish, with a black spot 

 between the seventh and ninth dorsal spinel ( Val.) 



Seychelles. 



