386 PHISTIPOMATID^. 



1. Aphaxeus furcatus. 



Renard, pi. 80. p. 166 ; Valentijn, no. 129. 

 Labrus furcatus, LacSp. iii. pp. 424, 477. pi. 21. f. 1. 

 Caranxamorus sacrestinns, ia<;^. v. p. 682. 

 Aphareus cserulescens, Cuv. Sf Vol. w. p. 487. pi. 167 b. 



D.J?. A,|. L. lat. 75. 



The third dorsal spine is the longest. The last ray of the dorsal 

 and anal fins twice as long as the preceding. Uniform hrowniah 

 blue. {Cuv.) 



Isle de I'rance. 



2. Aphareus mtilans. 



Cuv. 4" Val. vi. p. 490; BUpp. I.e. — ; ? Bleek. Act. Soc. Nederl. ii., 

 Amboina, p. 52. 



D. 'j. A. |. Csec. pylor. 5. 



The fourth, fifth, and sixth dorsal spines are the longest ; the last 

 ray of the dorsal and anal fins twice as long as the preceding. 

 Uniform rose-coloured. 



Red Sea. [Sea of Amboyna.] 



Bleeker found ten dorsal spines and eleven rays in a specimen 

 from Amboyna, which number is given to the other species by 

 Cuvier. In other respects the description agrees better with A. ru- 

 tilans. Bleeker states seventy scales for the lateral line. 



21. MJENA*. 

 Msena, Cuv. JRkgne Amm. ; Citv. ^ Val. vi. p. 886. 



Form of the body compressed, oblong ; eye moderate ; the motith 

 very protractile; the posterior processes of the intermaxillaries 

 extending to the occiput. One dorsal, scaleless, with the number 

 — ; the anal -^ : the spines feeble. Caudalis forked. Minute teeth 

 on the vomer. Praeoperculum entire. Scales moderate, ciliated. 

 Six branchiostegals. Pseudobranchiae. Air-bladder posteriorly di- 

 vided into two lobes. Pyloric appendages in smaU number. 



Mediterranean. 



1. Msena vulgaris. 



? Maivlsf Aristot. vi. cap. 15, 17, viii. cap. 30, ix. cap. 2. 



? Msena, Plin. ix. cap. 25 ; Rondel, v. cap. 13. p. 138. 



SpaTus, sp. 7, Artedi, Genera, p. 36. 



Sparus msena, L. Om. p. 1271; ^ Bl. taf. 270; Bl. Schn. p. 272. 



mendola, Lac&p. iv. p. 85. 



Msena vulgaris, Cuv. Sf Val. vi. p. 390 ; Martens, Iteise nach Venedig, 

 ii. p. 424; Guichen. Explor. Scient. Alg&r. Poiss. p. 55. 



B. 6. D. ij. A. |. L. lat. 75. L. transv. 6/13. Caec. pylor. 4. 



Vert. 9/13. 

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



* 1. Msena jusculum, Cuv. 4" Val. vi. p. 395.^Medit«rranean. 



