24. ANVPEKODON. «»') 



The origin of the anal Jin falls below the fourth dorsal ray, its end 

 below the thirteenth ; it is as low as the dorsal fin ; the second 

 and third spines are moderate and nearly equal. The pectoral Jin is 

 ovate, elongate, reaching to the vertical from the soft portion of the 

 dorsal fin ; the scales between the rays cover two-thirds of the fin. 

 The ventral Jim are inserted immediately behind the pectoral ; they 

 are somewhat longer than one-half of the pectoral. 



The intermaxillaries are furnished wdth a narrow band of vilUform 

 teeth ; no canine tooth in front is visible, but there are several, card- 

 like, inside the mouth in a cluster, occupying the space near the 

 symphysis of the intermaxillaries. The band in the lower jaw is much 

 broader, and there are canines in front of the jaw as well as in the 

 middle of the side. The vomerine teeth form a broad and long 

 quadrangular patch, with the anterior sides shorter and the posterior 



ones longer (())) there is a cuneiform band of palatine teeth, and 



a shorter one, ovate, and separated from the former, on the pterygoid 

 bones. 



The scales are of moderate size, with smooth surface and fine 

 posterior serrature. The specimen is now discoloxired, but appears 

 to have had a red ground-colour. To judge from the species allied 

 to it, its native sea may be some part of the Indian or Austrahan 

 seas. 



inches, lines. 



Total length 12 



Height of the body 2 7 



Length of the head 2 5 



Diameter of eye 8 



Length of tenth dorsal spine 9^^ 



of the caudal fin 1 11 



of second anal spine 10 



of pectoral fin 3 



of ventral fin 1 8 



13. AntMas cichlops. 



Serranus cichlops, Blceker, Sumatra, i. p. 3. 



D. -rrTfi- A. i-. L. lat. 45. 



15-10 0-7 



Second ray of the ventral fins and lobes of the caudalis elongate ; 

 angle of praeopcrculum with four spinous teeth, much stronger than 

 the others. Red (in life) ; tail and caudalis yellow. 



Priaman (Sumatra) 



24. ANYPERODON. 



Serranus, sp., Cuv. ^ Val. ii. p. 347. 



Seven branchiostegals. Teeth in vUlifoTm bands, with canines in 

 both jaws; no teeth on the palatine bones, nor on the tongue. 



