8. DIAGRAMMA. 32 'j 



a. Adult. Red Sea, From the Senckenberg Museum. 



b. Adult: stuffed. 



The fish mentioned by Sir J. Richardson {Ichthyol. China, p. 227) 

 cannot belong to this species, its numbers being — D. p. A. — . 



11. Diagramma pardalis. 



Diagramma pardalis, {Kuhl 8f v. Hasselt) Cuv. 4* Val. v. p. 300. 

 D. j|. A. |. L. lat. 80. L. transv. 12/22. 



The height of the body is three times in the total length, the length 

 of the head 3f ; the diameter of the eye is 4^ in the length of the 

 head, and one-half of that of the snout. The upper maxillary does 

 not extend to the vertical from the front margin of the orbit. Prae- 

 operculum with the posterior limb vertical, and the angle rounded, 

 fixiely and equally serrated. The dorsal fin cannot be entirely con- 

 cealed in a scaly sheath ; it is deeply notched, with the middle part 

 of the soft portion elevated ; the spines are moderate, the fourth the 

 longest, and 2| in the length of the head. Caudalis emarginate ; the 

 second and third anal spines nearly equal in length, but the former 

 stronger. Head, body, and vertical fins covered with numerous 

 round brown spots ; the spinous dorsal edged '^^'ith deep black ; pec- 

 toral and ventral fins blackish, the former dotted with brown. 



Javanese Sea. 



a. Large specimen (15"). 



6. Large specimen : not good state : has been in chloride of zinc. 



Purchased of Mr. Frank. 

 c. Half-grown : stuffed : bad state. 



12. Diagramma punctatum. 



Diagramma punctatum, (Ehrenb.) Cuv. &• Val. v. p. 302 ; Faun. Japan. 



Poiss. p. 60; Rilpp. Atl Fische, p. 126. taf. 32. f. 2, and N. W. 



Fische, p. 125 ; Quoy &■ Gaim. Voy. Astrol. Poiss. pi. 12. f. 2. p. 699 * ; 



Cuv. likgne Anim. 111. Poiss. pi. 30. f. 3 ;' Bleeker, Verh. Batav. 



Genootsch. xxiii. Sci(sn. p. 25 (not synonymy). 

 Holocentrus radjabou, Lacep. iv. pp. 335, 374. 

 Diagramma cinerascens, Cuv. Sf Val. v. p. 307 (adult) ; R'dpp. Atl. 



p. 127. 



B. 7. D. ^. A. I- L. lat. 85. Vert. 12/15. 



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

 head 4i. The width of the eye is scarcely longer than the extent 

 of the snout, and 3| in the length of the head. The \ipper maxiUary 

 extends to the vertical from the front margin of the orbit. , Prae- 

 operculum with the posterior limb vertical, and the angle rounded, 

 finely and equally serrated. The dorsal fin moves in a high scaly 

 sheath, and is even or slightly notched ; the spines are moderate, 

 the second and third the longest, half the length of the head. Cau- 



* These natui-aliists giVe the following numbers : B. 5. D. — . A. — , &c. (!) 



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