174 PERCIDJE. 



a broad yellow band, running from the muzzle through the eye along 

 the dorsal fin to the upper part of the dorsal fin. 

 Coasts of the Mauritius and Japanese Seas. 



a, b. Adult and half-growTi : stuffed. Isle dc France. Presented 

 by Dr. Janvier. 



34. DIPLOPRION. 



Diploprion, (Kuhl Sf van Hasselt) C'uv. ^ Val. ii. p. 137. 



Seven branchiostegals. All the teeth \'illiforra ; without canines ; 

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

 with eight, the anal fin with two spines. Operculum spiniferous, 

 praeoperculum with double denticulated limb. Scales small. 



Seas of the Indian region, 



1. Diploprion bifasciatum. 



Diploprion bifasciatum, (Kuhl 6f ran Hasselt^ Cm: Sf Val. ii. p. 137. 

 pi. 21 ; Faun. Japon. p. 2. pi. 2. A ; Rfhards. Ichthyol. CJiina, 

 p. 222 ; Bleck. in Verliand. JJatav. Genootsch. xxvi. p. 59, and Na- 

 tuurk. Tyd.<ichr. Nederl. Ind. \\. 1854, p. 207. 



D. 8 I 15. A. ■^. Vert. 12/13. C^c. pylor. 3. 



Body 2-|- as long as high, compressed ; the first dorsal fin half as 

 high as trunk ; ventrals long, pointed. Yellowish, ^vith two broad 

 black cross-bands. 



Japanese, Chinese, and Javanese Seas ; Moluccas. 



a, h. Adult. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 



c. Adult : stuffed. China. Presented by J, R. Reeves, Esq. 



d. Half-grown. Cliina. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 

 e-h. Adult. China. 



i, k. HaLf-growTi. Hong Kong. From the Haslar Collection. 



/. Large specimen. Japan. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



m. Adult : stuffed. Japan. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 



n. Adult. Molucca Islands, From Mr. Frank's CoUectign. 



0. Half-gro\\Ti : stuffed. India. 



p-s. Half-grown : not good state. India. 



35. MYRIODON. 



Centropristes, sp., Cuv. Sf Val. iii. p. 48. 



MjTiodon, Brisout de BarnevUle, Rev. Zool. 1847, p. 133. 



Seven branchiostegals. All the teeth minute, villiform ; teeth on 

 the palatine bones; tongue smooth. One dorsal, with twelve or 

 thirteen spines, the anal fin with three. Operculum spiniferoiis ; 

 prseopercTilum denticulated, with spinous teeth at the lower Hmb, 

 diixcted forward. Scales moderate. The number of pyloric ap- 

 pendages small (none?). 



Seas of the Australian region. 



