1. THERAPON. 275 



d-f. Young. India. From the Haslar Collection. 



g. Half-grown. Singapore. 



h, i. Young. Malacca. 



Tc. Half-grown. China. 



I. Half-grown. China Seas. Presented by Capt. Sir E. Belcher. 



m. Half-grown. China Seas. Presented by Capt. Sir E. Belcher. 



n. Adult: stiiffed. China Seas. Presented by J. 11. Reeves, Esq. 



0. Half-grown. China Seas. 



p. Adult : skin. False Bay. Voyage of H.M.S. Fly. 



q-ii.. Young. From the Haslar Collection. 



? Var. 



V. Half-grown. Philippines. 



2. Therapon obscurus. ' 

 Cuv. 8,- Val. iii. p. 135 ; Cantor, Catal p. 20. 



D.^^. A.|. Caec. pylor. 7. 



The height of the body is nearly equal to the length of the head, 

 and contained 3j in the total. Snout as in Th. theraps. Teeth of 

 the vomer and the palatine bones distinct. Prseoperculum equally ser- 

 rated ; operculum with two spines, the lower of which is the longest. 

 The dorsal fin deeply notched, the caudal emarginate. Pale blackish 

 silvery, with two broad, longitudinal lighter bands ; the spinous por- 

 tion of the dorsal fin blackish between the third and seventh spines ; 

 the caudal fin with two oblique black bands on each lobe. 



Sea of Pinang. 



The fish described by Bleeker (Perc. p. 51) under the name of Th. 

 obscurus cannot belong to this species. 



3. Therapon squalidus. 

 Cuv. 8f Val. iii. p. 136. 



D. i^. A. |. Caec. pylor. 13. 



Very similar to Th. obscurus. The height of tbe body is nearly 

 equal to the length of the head, and contained about 3i in the total. 

 Snout as in TJi. theraps. Pra^operculum angular, equally serrated ; 

 operculum with two spines, the lower of which is the longest. The 

 dorsal fin is deeply notched, the caudal emarginate. Pale bluish 

 sUvery, with two broad silvery longitudinal bands ; the spinous por- 

 tion of the dorsal fin with a large blackish spot ; the caudal fin 

 with two narrow oblique black bands on each lobe. (Cuv.) 



Indian Ocean. 



Therapon transversus, Cuv. and Val. ui. p. 137, "wath indistinct 

 cross-bars and eleven pyloric appendages, may prove to be identical 

 with the former. 



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