16. STNAGEIS. 377 



11. Synagris luteus. 



? Coryphsena lutea, Bl. Schn. p. 297. taf. 58. 

 Dentex luteus, Cuv. Sf Val. vi. p. 260. 



D. ^. A.}. L. lat. 40. 



Teeth nearly equal. {Vol.) 

 Coast of Pondicherry. 



12. Sjrnagris celebicns. 



Dentex celebicus, Sleeker, Celebes, v. p. 245. 



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



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

 of the head 4|. The snout is scarcely short or than the diameter of 

 the eye, which is one-third of the length of the head ; the upper 

 maxillary reaches to below the anterior half of the eye ; the praeor- 

 bital is narrow, its height being 1| in the diameter of the eye. Six 

 canine teeth in each jaw. Scales of the prseoperculum arranged in 

 three series. The dorsal spines slender, the posterior ones longest, 

 one-half the height of the body ; the soft portion of the dorsal scarcely 

 higher than the spinous. Caudahs deeply forked ; the third anal 

 spine longest, rather shorter ihan the soft portion of the fin. Rose- 

 coloured, with a yellow lateral band ; dorsal and anal fins with 

 two greenish-yellow longitudinal bands, the former with a yellow 

 margin. 



Macassar ; Louisiade Archipelago. 



a. Adult : stuffed. Louisiade Archipelago (in 30 fathoms). Voyage 

 of the Rattlesnake. 



13. Synagris nematopus. 



Dentex nematopus, Sleeker, Celebes, i. p. 219. 



D.^. A.|-. L. lat. 45. 



The height of the body is 4|^ in the total length, and equals the 

 length of the head ; the diameter of the eye is 3-1- in the latter, and 

 equal to the length of the snout. The praeorbital is half as high as 

 the eye ; there are three series of scales between the prajorbital and 

 the margin of the praeoperculum. The upper maxillary reaches 

 beyond the vertical from the anterior margin of the eye. Four 

 canines in the upper jaw, none in the lower. Spines of the fins 

 slender ; the posterior ones of the dorsal longer, and 1| in the height 

 of the body ; the soft portion of the fin higher than the spinous. 

 The pectoral fins rather longer than the head ; in adult specimens 

 the first ray of the ventrals produced into a filament, reaching beyond 

 the origin of the anal fin. The third anal spine intermediate in 

 length between the second spine and the first ray. Caudalis deeply 

 forked, the upper lobe being longer. Red, with two yeUow bands 



