322 PRISTIPOMATIDJE. 



7. Diagramma centurio. 



Cuv. ^ Val. V. p. 308. 



D.l?. A.f 



Brownish grey ; neck, back, dorsal and caudal fins dotted with 

 brown. (Cuv.) 



Seychelles. 



8. Diagramma shotaf. 



Seisena shotaf, Forsk. p. 51. 



Diagramma shotaf, Riipp. Atl. Fische, p. 126, and N. W. Fische, p. 125 ; 

 ? Cfuv. 4- Val. V. p. 305. 



The height of the body is one-third of the total length, the length 

 of the head one-foiirth. The height of the soft dorsal is one-half of 

 the greatest depth of the body. Caudalis truncated ; the second 

 anal spine longer and thicker than the third. Grey, with blackish 

 fins, and two light-blue streaks from the eye on the prseoperculum. 



Red Sea. 



9. Diagramma fcetela. 



Seisena fcetela, Forsk. p. 51. 



Diagramma flavo-macidatum, (Fhrenb.) Cuv. ^ Val. v. p. 304 ; Rupp. 



Atl. Fische, p. 127. 

 fcetela, Cuv. Sf Val. v. p. 305 (adult) ; Riipp. N. W. Fische, p. 125. 



D.i A,l. 



The height of the body is one-third of the total length, the length 

 of the head nearly one-fourth. Along the back two series of rounded 

 yellowish spots ; across the opercles several yellowisli longitudinal 

 bands, continued on the body, but interrupted, and forming spots on 

 the posterior half ; the dorsal fin with a yello\Adsh margin and two 

 series of yellowish spots ; caudal and anal fins spotted with yellow. 

 Uniform with age. • 



Red Sea. 



10. Diagramma gaterina. 



Seisena gaterina, Forsk. p. 50. 

 Renard, fol. 3. f. 17. 

 Holocentrus gaterina, Lacep, iv. p. 347. 



Diagramma gaterina, Cuv. i<f Val. v. p. 301. pi. 125 ; Riipp. Atl. Fische, 

 taf. 32. f. 1. 



^' ''■ ^- iSb- ^- f ^'- ^^^- ^^- ^- ^^^^«^- 12/25. Vert. 11/16. 



The height of the body is one-third of the total length, the length 

 of the head nearly one-fourth. The third spine of the dorsal fin and 

 the following four or five nearly equal in height. Caudalis tnin- 

 cated ; the second anal spine stronger, but not much longer, than the 

 third. Body and vertical fins with numerous blackish-brown spots. 



Red Sea. 



