370 PKISTIPOMATID^. 



inches, lines. 



Length of the fourth dorsal spine 2 



of the pectoral 4 6 



of the ventral spine I 10| 



of a scale Tj 



Height of a scale 9| 



4. Dentex rupestris. 



Cuv. ^ Val. vi. p. 231 ; Smith, III. S. Afr. Fishes, pi. 14 (not good) ; 

 Owen, Os'eolog. Catal. L p. 00. 



D. n A. |, L. lat. 58. L. ti-ansv. {^. 



The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is 3^ 

 in the total. The snout is twice as long as the diameter of the eye, 

 which is 5 3 in the length of the head. Canines very strong. The 

 praeorbital scaleless, much higher than the eye ; there are seventeen 

 rows of scales between the praeorbital and the margin of the prae- 

 operculum, which is also covered with sfc'les for its greater part; 

 the scales above the lateral line are much smaller than those of the 

 sides, similar to those of the head. The spines of the fins moderate, 

 not flexible ; the fourth of the dorsal is the longest, and Sj in the 

 length of the head ; the second and third anal spines nearly equal. 

 Caudalis eraarginate. Coloration uniform. 



Cape Seas. 



a. Adult : stuffed. Cape Seas. From Sir A. Smith's Collection. 



5. Dentex macrophthalmns. 



Ivvaypii, 2vvooov, Athen. vii. pp. 322, 327; Oppian, i. 170. 



Synagris, Belloru p. 181. 



PDentalis seu Dentex Bellonii, Gesner, pp. 934, 1119. 



Synagris Bellonii, Gesner, p. 934. 



SpaiTis macrophthalmus, Bloch, taf. 272 ; Risso, Ichth. Nice, p. 250. 



Cichla macrophtlialma, Bl. Schn. p. 337. 



Sparu.s erythrostoma, Risso, Eur. Merid. iii. no. 31. 



Dentex macrophthalmus, Cuv. ?^ Val. vi. p. 227; Guicheiu Eocplor 



Seietit. Alger. Poiss. p. 51 ; Webh 4- Berth. I. c. p. 37. 

 ? Dentex maroccanus, Cuv. 8f Val. vi. p. 234. 



B. 6. D. }?. A. |. L. lat. 60. 



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

 head 3| ; the diameter of the eye is one-third of the latter, and 

 longer than the distance between the eyes ; the praeorbital is three 

 times as long as high ; praeoperculum with scaly margin ; four canines 

 of moderate size in the upper jaw. Dorsal spines moderate; the 

 second of the anal fin longer and stronger than the third. Caudalis 

 emarginate- Uniform red. 



Mediterranean. 



