^ 84 PEBCID.f. 



notched. The black lateral blotch between the lateral line ami tlir 

 anterior dorsal rays ; the spinous part of the dorsal fin black-edged ; 

 a black spot above the base of the pectoral fins. {Bl.) 

 Sea of Bulucomba (Celebes). 



18. Grenyoroge fulva. 



Perca fulva, Forster, MSS. 

 Holocentrus fulvus, Bl. Schn. p. 318. 

 Diacope fulva, Cm. Sf Val. ii. p. 435. 



D. ii. A. |. L. lat. 50. L. transv. fl. 



The height of the body is equal to the length of the head, and 3^ 

 m the total ; the diameter of the eye is 4^ in the length of the head, 

 and equal to two-thirds of the distance between the eye and the end 

 of the muzzle ; the upper maxillary bone reaches nearly to the level 

 of the anterior margin of the eye ; the praeoperciilum exhibits fine 

 denticulations above the notch, coarser ones beneath. Caudalis very 

 slightly concave behind. The fourth dorsal spine and the second of 

 the anal fin longest and strongest ; pectorals scarcely reaching the 

 front end of the anal. Uniform yellowish red ; caudalis white-edged. 



Sea of Otaheiti. 



a. Adult : bleached. Otaheiti. Old Collection. — Forster's original 

 specimen. 



19. Gtenyoroge civis. 

 Diacope civis, Cuv. fy Val. vii. p. 444. 



n " A ' 



D. jg. A. -. 



The length of the head is one-third of the total, and equal to the 

 height of the body. Uniform brownish red, with a 'brown spot on 

 the soft parts of the dorsal and anal fins, and two broAvn streaks on 

 the caudal. {Vol.) 



Seychelles. 



37. MESOPRION*. 



Mesopriou, Cuv. It^yne Anim. ; Cuv. 8f Val. ii. p. 439. 

 Diacope, sp., Riippell, Atlas, p. 70. 

 Mesoprion, sp., Blecher. 



Seven branchiostegals. Teeth ^dlliform, with canines in both 

 jaws ; teeth on the palatine bones. One dorsal, mostly -with ten or 

 eleven, rarely "with nine or twelve spines, the anal fin with three. 

 Operculum generally with two or three, rarely with one indistinct 

 point ; praeoperculum with fine serralure, without or with a very open 

 notch. Scales moderate. 



All the seas of the Tropical regions. 



* 1. Mesoprion aurolineatus, C^lv. # Val. iii. p. 496. — Ceylon. 



2. Mesoprion richardi, Cuv. 4' Vnl- ii- P- 448.— Caribbean Sea. 



3. Mesoprion ta-niops, Cuv. ^ Val. vi. p. 643.— Celebes (rivers). 



4. Mesoprion cyanopterus, Cuv. ^- Val. ii. p. 472.- Brazil. 



