366 PRISTIPOMATTHyl-:. 



G. Heterognathodon microdon. 

 Sleeker, Batav. p. 4G4. 



B. 5. D. ^. A. |. L. lat. 48. 



The height of the body is A\ in the total length, the length of the 

 head 4^. The snout is conical, shorter than the diameter of the 

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

 scaleless ; margin of pra^operciilum scaly. Caudalis forked. Rose- 

 colom-ed ; a yellow band from the snout through the eye to the 

 caudal fin. 



Seas of Batavia and Amboyna ; Louisiadc Archipelago. 



a. Adult. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



b. Half-grown : stuffed. Louisiade Ai'chipelago. Presented l)y the 



Lords of the Admiralty. 



15. DENTEX*. 

 Dentex, sp., Cuv. Reyne Anim. ; Cuv. Sf Val. vi. p. 212. 



Fonn of the body oblong, rather elevated ; eye moderate ; cleft of 

 the mouth more or less horizontal, with the jaws nearly equal. One 

 continuous dorsal, with the numbers varying between '" '^". '^ ; in 



' •' "^ 10 and 12 



the anal between — ; caudalis more or less forked. Generally strong 

 canines in both the jaws. Praeorbital entire, broad ; distance between 

 the eye and the cleft of the mouth great ; prajoperciUum entii'e, wath 

 more than three series of scales ; operculum without prominent spine. 

 Six branchiostegals. Scales moderate, ctenoid. Pseudobranchiae. 

 Swim-bladder with a not<^h posteriorly. Pyloric appendages in small 

 number. 



Mediterranean ; Atlantic ; lied Sea ; Sunda Sea ; Japanese Sea. 



1. Dentex vulgaris. 



Swayptf, ^vvohovs, Aristot. ii. c. 13, 15, viii. c. 2, 13, ix. c. 2. 



Dentex, Colum. Viii. c. IG. 



SwoSour, JElian, i. c. 4G. 



Synagris, Salv. p. Ill; Rondel, v. c. 19. p. 15U. 



Sparus, no. 5, Artedi, Genera, p. 3G. 



, no. 6, Artedi, Sijnon. p. 59. 



* 1. Labrus macrocephalus, Lacep. iii. p. 480. pi. 2G. f. 1. — Dentex macroce- 

 phalus, Cuv. ^- Val. vi. p. 232 ; Cuv. Kegne Anim. III. Poiss. pi. 35. f. 2. — 

 Hab. ? — Probably a species of Par/rus. 



2. Dentex gobioides, {Solander) Cuv. ^- Val. vi. p. 234. — Otaheiti. 



3. Labrus thunbergii, Lacfp. iv. p. 467. — Dentex thunbergii, Cuv. ^ Val. 



vi. p. 2.37. — Japan. 



4. Sparus cynodon, Bloch, taf. 278. — Cichla cynodon, Bl. Schn. p. 338. — 



Dentex cynodon, Cuv. ^- Val. vi. p. 2.'{9. — Ilab. ? 



6. Dentex rivulatus, Benn. Proc. Zool^ Soc. iii. p. 91 (not Riijrp.). — Trebizond. 

 6. — — waigiensis, Quoy 4' Gaim. Voy. Freyc. Zool. p. 302. — Appears to be 



some Percoid fish. 



