12. (iKUKEs. , J35J3 



8panis britannus, Lacep. iv. pp. 132, 134. 



Labius longirostris, Lacvp. iii. p. 407. pi. 19. f. 1. 



Smaris oyeua, Itiqyp. All. p. 11. taf. 3. f. 2. 



GeiTes oyena, Cuv. 8f Val. vi. p, 472 ; ? Jriiyus, Zool. Berif/lc, Fishes, 



p. 69; Block. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiii. Mmiuh p. 12. 



oblongus, Bleek. I'opoyr. Bafni: (not Cuv. ). 



? GeiTes equiila, Temm. |- Schleg. Faun. Japan. Poiss. p. 70. pi. 40. f. 1 



(not good) ; Bleek, Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxa i. p. 92. 



D. ^. A.|-. L.lat. 35-38. Cjec. pylor. 3. Vert. 10/14. 



The height of the body is 2| in the total length (withoiit caudal 

 fin). Praeorbital and prasoperculura entire, the latter ^vith the angle 

 slightly rounded. The snout is slightly longer than the diameter of 

 the eye, which is one-third of the length of the head. Tlie spines 

 of the fins moderate ; the second of the dorsal Ls one-half of the 

 height of the body, and at least twice as long as the second of the 

 anal. Uniform silvery, 



Ked Sea; Isle de France; Sunda Sea (Japanese Sea?). 



a. Adult : bad state. Old Collection. 



h, c. Half-grown : bad state. From the Haslar Collection. 



18. Gerres macrosoma. 

 Sleeker, Gilolo, p. 50. 



D.A A.f L.lat. 42. 



The height of the body is four times in the total length (one-third 

 without caudal), the length of the head 4| to 4| ; the diameter of 

 the eye is one-third of the latter, and rather shorter than the snout ; 

 the interspace between the eyes is rather less than the width of the 

 orbit. The groove for the processes of the intermaxiUarj^ bones is 

 entirely scaleless, and does not extend to the vertical from the centre 

 of the eye. The spines of the fins are slender ; the second of the 

 dorsal 1| in the height of the body ; the second of the anal shorter 

 than the third. Silvery : each spine and ray of the dorsal with a 

 brown basal spot ; the spinous portion black-edged. 



Seas of Gilolo and Amboyna. 



a. Half -grown. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



19. Gerres argyreus. 



Sciaena argyrea, Forster. 



Cichla argj-rea, Bl, Schn. p. 344. 



Gen'es waigieusis, Quoi/ 8f Gaim. Voy. Frcyc. Zool. p. 292 



argyreus, Cuv. ^ Val. vi. p. 478. 



D. ^. A.|. L.lat. 45. 



The height of the body is scarcely more than the length of the 

 head, and one-third of the total (Without caudal fin) ; the diameter 

 of the eye is one-third of the length of the head, and rather longer 



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