13. scoT.opsis. 361 



Caudal fin deeply forked, with the lobes pointed ; the first ray of the 

 ventral fins produced into a short filament. Snout above violet, with 

 a bluish band (in life) between the eyes ; a broad yellow band from 

 the eye to the caudal ; the soft dorsal with a violet margin behind. 

 Seas of Java and Sumatra. 



13. Scolopsis frenatus. 

 Cuv. 4- Val. V. p. 343. 



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Prseoperculum with strong denticulations, some of which are bifur- 

 cate ; the angle projecting backwards. Caudahs deeply forked, with 

 both the lobes produced into filaments. The upper part of the 

 muzzle violet, with a whitish margin in front ; a green band from 

 the eye to the third dorsal spine (sometimes disappearing in spirits). 

 Sometimes a blackish spot on the tail. (Cuv.) 



Seychelles ; Isle de France. 



14. Scolopsis cancellatus. 



? Scolopsis lineatus, Qtioy ^ Gahn. Voy. de TAstrol. pi. 60. f. 3 (very 



bad). 

 Scolopsides cancellatus, Cuv. 8f Val. v. p. 351 ; Bleek. Verh. Batav. 



Genootsch. xxiii. Scicen. p. 28, 



D. •^. A. J. L. lat. 42. L. transv. 3/12. 

 Csec. pylor. 6. Vert. 10/14. 



I'he height of the body is nearly equal to the length of the head, 

 and 3f in the total ; the snout is very short, two-thirds of the dia- 

 meter of the eye, which is 24- in the length of the head. The inter- 

 space between the eyes is flat, narrowest above the middle of the 

 eyes, and there shorter than the width of the eye ; but above the 

 anterior angle of the orbit it widens so much as to equal the dia- 

 meter mentioned. The upper maxillary extends to the vertical from 

 the^front margin of the orbit. The infraorbital arch with one spine 

 only. Prseoperculum finely and equally serrated, with a slight notch 

 above the angle. Spines of the fins moderate ; the second anal spine 

 rather strongei , but not longer than the third. Back largely marbled 

 with greyish brown ; two yellowish longitudinal streaks from the 

 upper half of the eye ; a black spot between the first three dorsal 

 spines. 



Polynesia ; Sumatra. 



a. Half-grown. Sumatra. From the Collection of the Zoological 

 Society. 



15. Scolopsis bleekeri. 



Scolopsides lineatus, Bleeker, Solor, p. 73 (not Riipp.). 

 D. ^. A. |-. L. lat. 35. 

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



