354 PKISTIPOMATID.K. 



than the snout, the extent of which equals the distance between the 

 eyes. The groove for the processes of the intermaxillaiy bones is 

 entirely scaloless, 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 is one-half of the height of the body, and more than twice the 

 length of the second anal spine, which is rather stronger, but not 

 longer, than the third. Silvery ; top of the dorsal blackish. 

 Red Sea ; Seas of Waigiou, Strong, and Tanna ; Port Jackson. 



n. Adult. From the Haslar Collection. 

 h. Adiilt. From the Haslar Collection. 



c, d. Adult : skins : not good state. Port Jackson. Purchased of 

 J. Gould, Esq. 



20. Gerres oblongus. 



Cuv. Sf- Val. vi. p. 479. 



D. K A. 4-. 



The height of the body is less than one-fourth of the total length. 

 Spines of the fins' slender. Silvery, with five or six indistinct brown- 

 ish vertical bands. Lateral line nearly straight. {Cm .) 



Sea of Ceylon. 



13. SCOLOPSIS*. 



Scolopsides, Cuv. Regne Anm. ; Cuv. Sf Val. v. p. 327. 



Form of the body oblong. Eye moderate. Snout moderate, with 

 the cleft of the mouth nearly horizontal and the jaws equal. One 

 dorsal ; the number of the fins — D. ^. A. ~ ; caudalis more or 

 less forked. Infraorbital arch Avith a spine directed backwards. 

 Prajoperculum generally distinctly denticulated ; operculum Avith an 

 indistinct spine. Scales moderately ctenoid. Five branchiostcgals. 

 Pseudobranchia). Air-bladder simple ; pyloric appendages few. 



From the Kcd Sea through the Indian Oceaji into the Pacific. 



1. Scolopsis japonicus. 



Anthias japonicus, Moch, taf. 325. f. 2; Bl. Schn. p. 307. 



Lutj anus japonicus, Lacep. iv. p. 31. 



Kuiite, Russell, pi. 106. 



Scolopsis kate, Cui\ i^ Val. v. p. 329. 



kurite, Riipp. All. Fische,v>. 9. taf. 2. f. 3 ; Cuv. ^- Val. v. p. 331. 



Scolopsides riipp^lii, Cuv. <5* Val. v. p. 332 ; Richardson, Ichth, China, 

 p. 236. 



D. '-. A. I- L. lat. 41-44. L. transv. ^^. 



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

 length of the head one-fourth ; the diameter of the eye is about one- 



* 1 . Scolopsides pomotis, Richardson, Ichth. China, p. 237. 



2. taEniopteruB, Cuv. <f- Val. v. p. 345 ; Bkefc. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiii. 



Scian. p. 29. — Batavin 



