268 PERCTD.B. 



5. Dules fascus. 



Cuv. ^ Val. iii. p. 118; Peters, Wiegm. Arch. la'jS, p. 238. 

 D.i^. A.i-. 



U 10 



In habit similar to D. tceniurus. Brown ; the dorsal fin uniform 

 brown ; caudalis with some indistinct blackish longitudinal lines ; 

 analis with a series of black spots along the base. {Cuv.) 



Isle de France ; Island of Anjoana (Mozambique). 



6. Dules marginatus. 



Cfuv. Sf Vol. ill. p. 116. pi. 52, vii. p. 474; Dumont d' UrviUe, Voy. Pole 

 Sud, Poiss. p. 41. pi. 3. f. 3 ; Bleeker, Sumatra, i. p. 573. 



D. 12. A. ^2- ^- lat- 40-45. L. transv. 5/8. Caec. pylor. 8. 



In habit similar to D. tceniurus. - The fourth and fifth dorsal spines 

 longest, the tenth as long as the following ray ; the second anal spine 

 stronger, but shorter than the third. Greyish above ; caudal fin with 

 two black cross-bands, the posterior of which forms a black edge ; the 

 soft dorsal fin anteriorly and above with a black band. 



Sea of Java. AmbojTia. Vanicolo. Feejee Islands. 



a. Adult. Java. 



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



c. Adult. Amboyna. From the Collection of Madame I. Pfeiffer. 



d. Adult. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Stevens. 



e-g. Adult and half- grown. Feejee Islands. Presented by the 



Lords of the Admiralty. 

 h. Adult. Feejee Islands. From Mr. Macgillivray's Collection. 

 i, Tc. Adult : stuffed. 



7. Dules rupestris. 



Centropomus rupestris, Lacep. iv. pp. 252, 273. 



Dules rupestris, Cuv. 4* Val. iii. p. 119, vii. p. 477 ; ? JBleek. Natuurk. 



Tydschr. Ned. Indie, vi. p. 209. 

 maculatus, Cuv. 8f Vol. vii. p. 475 ; Bleek. Ambotna, iv. p. 333. 



D.-L5-. A.-^. L.lat. 40-42. L. transv. 4/8. Vert. 11/15. 

 Ca!c. pylor. 7. 



The height of the body is 3^-3f in the total length, and the length 

 of the head 4^-4| ; the diameter of the eyes equal to, or less than, 

 the distance between them. Operculum with two spines. Caudalis 

 truncated, or slightly emarginate ; the fourth and fifth doraal spines 

 longest, the spinous portion of the dorsal sometimes higher, some- 

 times rather lower than the soft. Brownish grey above, each scale 

 with a deep-black spot in the centre ; the vertical fins broMTi-spotted, 

 and edged with blaclcish. 



Fresh waters of Isle dc France, of Celebes and Amboyna, of the 

 Feejee Islands, and of the Island of Oualau. 



a. Largo specimen. Feejee Islands. Voyage of the Herald. 



