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31. GRAMMISTES. 



Grammistes, (Artedi) Ciiv. Reyne Anim. ; Cuv, 8f Val. p. 201. 



Seven branchiostcgals. All tha teet;: villiform ; without canines ; 

 teeth on the palatine bones ; tongue smooth. Two dorsals ; the first 

 with seven, the anal fin without conspicuous spines. Operculum 

 and praioperculum spinifcrous, without serratiues. Scales minute, 

 enveloped in the epidermis. 



Seas of the Indian region. 



1. Grammistes orientalis. 



Grammistes sebae, Seha, lii. 27. 5. 



orientalis, Bl. Schn. Si/st. Posth. p. 189; Cuv. 8f Val. ii. p. 203. 



pi. 27; JBlceker, Amhoinu, iii. p. 15. 

 Perca bilineata, Thtotb. Nov. Act. Jlohn. xiii. p. 142. t. 5. 

 Scisena vittata, Laccp. iv. p. 32.'5. 

 Perca triacanthus, Lncej^. pp. 308, 424. 

 pentacanthuS; Lacep. pp. 398, 424. 



Body oblong, comi)resscd ; caudal rounded. Pra!opcrculum with 

 three spines. Tendril rudimentary. Black or blackish brown ; 

 generally with six or seven white longitudinal bands. 



Isle de France ; East Indian Seas ; Australia. 



a. Adult. Mauritius. Presented by the Zoological Society. 

 h. Adult: stuffed. Mauritius. 



c. Adult. Phili^ipines. 



d. Half- grown : stuffed. Indian Ocean. Presented by Sir A. 



Smith. 



e. Half-grown. Australia. Presented by J. Macgillivray, Esq. 



2. Grammistes punctatus. 

 Cuv. ^ Val. vi. p. 504. 



D.7|f A.i. 



Tendril developed. Prtcoperculum A^ith three spines. Greyish 

 brown with small Avhitc points. 

 Hah. ? 



32. RHYPTICUS. 



Rypticus, Cuv. Ii^<pic Anim. ; Chi\ ^- Val. iii. p. 60. 

 Smecticus, Valenc. Poiss. Voy. de la VSnus, p. 305. 



Seven branchiostegals. All the teeth vilHform, without canines ; 

 teeth on the palatine bones; tongue smooth. Scales minute, en- 

 veloped in the epidermis. The spinous dorsal little developed, with 

 the number of the spines variable; spines of the anal fin none, or 

 small. Operculum and pra)operculum spiniferous. Aii'-bladder 

 simple. Pyloric appendages in small number. 



Warmer parts of the Atlantic ; Galapagos Archipelago. 



