364 PRISTIPOMATID.T:. 



band from the muzzle, through the eye, to the root of the caudal ; a 

 third, very broad white band from the eye to the caudal. A black 

 blotch between the first and fourth dorsal spines ; a series of brownish 

 spots along the base of the soft dorsal. (Bl.) 

 Sea of Manado (Celebes). 



21. Scolopsis caninus. 

 Cuv. ^ Vol. V. p. 354. 



1).-. A.y. 



Several larger teeth in the jaws. Pra^orbital with the posterior 

 margin very oblique, entire, and terminating above in a short point ; 

 praeoperculum with the margin rounded and scarcely serrated ; spines 

 of the fins slender. A yellowish band from the eye to the caudal fin. 



New Guinea. 



14. HETEROGNATHODON*. 



Heterodon, JSleeker, Bydr. Topogr. Batav. 



Heterognathodon, Sleeker, Natuurk. Tydschr. Nederl. Ind. i. 1850, 

 p. 100, and Verkand. Batav. Genootsch, xxiii. Sciccn. p. 30. 



Form of the body oblong ; eye^moderate ; cleft of the mouth nearly 

 horizontal, with the jaws equal. One dorsal; dorsal with the 

 number ^ ; anal y ; spines feeble. Caudalis more or less deeply 

 forked. Canine teeth in both jaAvs. Infraorbital arch entire ; prsc- 

 operculum serrated ; operculum with a single spine. Five (some- 

 times six) branchiostegals. Scales moderate, ciliated 



East Indian Seas. 



1. Heterognathodon bifasciatus. 

 Bleeker, Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxiii. Scicen. p. 30. 



D. ^. A. f. L. lat. 40. 



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

 of the head one-fourth. The snout is convex, shorter than the 

 diameter of the eye, which is 2|- in the length of the head. The 

 upper maxillary bones rough ; prajorbital naked. The third anal 

 spine longest ; caudalis cmarginate. Bluish, with two pearl-coloured 

 longitudinal bands; the first between the eye and the end of the 

 dorsal, the second from the snout to the caudal. {Bl.) 



Sea of Siunbawa. 



2. Heterognathodon hellmuthii. 

 Bleeker, Solor, p. 75. 



B. 6. D. ^. A. J. L. lat. 50. 



The height of the body is 4| in the total length, the length of tho 



* ] suppose that the Lama gidiminda, BussoU, ii. pi. 107, is to be referred to 

 (his genus. It is identical with CanfhavKs ffuiimhim, Cuv. & Yul. vi. p. 344, 

 nncl Spondi/liosoma f/idiminda, Cantor, Catal. |). .W. — Eas' Indian Sea? 



