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PRISXIPOMATID^. 



fourth of the total ; the diameter of the eye is 3f in the latter, and 

 lg-l| in the length of the snout. The pra^orbital is higher than the 

 eye ; there are three rows of scales between the prseorbital and the 

 margin of the praeoperculum. Six canine teeth in each of the jaws. 

 The spines of the fins slender, flexible ; the fourth, fifth, and sixth of 

 the dorsal fin longest, 2|— 2^ in the length of the head. Caudalis 

 deeply forked, scaly, the upper lobe rather longer ; the second and 

 third anal spines verj' feeble, nearly equal ; the posterior rays of the 

 dorsal and anal fins slightly elongate. Coloration uniform. 



Coast of Trincomalee ; Sea of Amboyna ; Louisiade Archipelago ; 

 Coasts of Austraha. 



a. Fine specimen. Ambojoia. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 

 h. Adult : stuffed. Louisiade Archipelago. Presented by the Lords 

 of the Admiralty. 



c. Adult : stuffed. Chaumont Island (Louisiade Archipelago), in 



17 fathoms. Voyage of the Rattlesnake. \ 



d, e. Adult : skins. Damlay Island. 



/. Fine specimen. Australia. Presented by J. Macgillivray, Esq. 

 g. Fiae specimen. Australia. Presented by J. Macgillivray, Esq. 



2. Ssmagris taeniopteras. 



Dentex taeniopterus, Cuv. <§• Vol. vi. p. 246; •Bleek. Verh. Batccv. 

 Genootsch. xxiii. Spar. p. 11. 



B. '\ A. ^. L. lat. 48. L. transv. 4/11. 



9 7 ' 



The height of the body nearly equals the length of the head, and 

 is 3f in the total ; the snout is longer than the diameter of the 

 eye, which is one-fourth of the length of the head. The prseorbital 

 is as high as the eye ; there are three series of scales between the 

 prseorbital and the margin of the praeoperculum. The spines of the 

 fins slender and flexible ; the posterior of the dorsal fin longest, 2| 

 in the length of the head, and jather shorter than the rays. Cau- 

 dalis forked. The third anal spine iutermediate in length between 

 the second spine and the first ray ; the posterior rays of the dorsal 

 and anal fins slightly elongate. Rose-coloured, with yellow longi- 

 tudinal bands on the body ; a yellow band from the base of the first 

 dorsal spine to the top of the last ray. 



Coasts of Australia ; Molucca Sea 



a. Adult : stuffed. N.E. coast of Australia. Voyage of the Rattle- 

 snake. 

 h. Adult. Molucca Sea. 



3. Syna^s mulloides. 



Dentex mulloides, Bleeker, Sumatra, i. p. 576. 



D. ^. A. f L. lat. 50. 



The height of the body is five times in the total length, the length 

 of the head 4^ ; the diameter of the eye is about one-third of the 



