37. MESOPEION. 193 



12. Mesoprion lineatos. 



Diacope lineata, Quoy Sf Gaim. Voy. Freyc. Zool. p. 309. 



striata, Qw. 4" f^«/. ii- p. 430. 



Mesoprion striatus, Bleek. Perc. p. 44. 



janthinuropterus, JJfeeA;. Celebes, iii. p. 751. 



D.l|. A.|. L. lat. 50. 



The height of the body is 3-i- in the total length, and equal to the 

 length of the head ; the diameter of the eye is one-fifth of the latter ; 

 the notch of the praeoperculum is very slight. Caudalis emarginate, 

 the fourth and fifth dorsal spines longest. Olive, with oblique red- 

 brown streaks above the lateral line, and with longitudinal lines of 

 the same colour on the opercles and sides of the body ; no lateral 

 blotch ; dorsal g,nd caudal fins blackish, the spinous part of the 

 former with a black edge ; pectorals yellow ; anal and ventral fins 

 rose-coloured. 



Waigiou ; Molucca Sea ; Sea of Java. 



13. Mesoprion gembra. 



Sttssell, pi. "95. 



Alphestes sambra, Bl. Schn. Syst. Posth. p. 236. t. 51. 



Mesoprion yapilli, Cui\ Sf Val. ii. p. 483. 



gembra, Cuv. Sf Val. ii. p. 485 ; Cantor, Cutal. p. 15. 



imniaculatus, Cuv. 8f Val ii. p. 474 ; Bleeh. Perc. p. 45. 



— . — gembra, Bleek. Sumatra, ii. p. 246 (young). 



»-l^- ^-f L- lat. 46. 



The height of the body is 3i in the total length, the length of the 

 head 3|- ; the diameter of the eye is 4^^ in the latter. The upper 

 profile of the head is slightly concave ; the jaws are equal in front, 

 the upper maxillary bone reaching to betow the anterior half of the 

 eye. Suprascapula and prseoperculum finely serrated, the latter 

 slightly emarginate. Caudalis truncated, pectorals distant from the 

 anal ; the third, fourth, and fifth dorsal spines longest ; the second of 

 the anal fin not much longer, but stronger, than the third. Uniform 

 dark oUve, each scale with a brown base ; dorsal, anal, and ventral 

 fins olive, along the middle lighter, the former with a black edge as 

 far as the spinous part ; young specimens with nine or ten darker 

 cross-bands. 



Bay of Bengal ; Molucca Sea. 



a. Large specimen : bleached. India. Old Collection. 

 6. Large specimen : stuffed. 



c. Adult. Sumati-a. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 

 d-(j. Half-grown. Amboyna ; Borneo. From Mr. Frank's Col- 

 lection. 

 h. Half-grown. Amboyna. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 

 /. Adult. Amboyna. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 

 1c. Half-grown : stuffed. 

 I. Young. 



