390 PKISTIPOMATID^- 



7. Smaris insidiator. 



Smaris insidiator, Cuv. 8) Val. vi. p. 414; Boriap. Faun. Ital Pcsei, 

 f. 2. 



?^n] 



maris angustatus, Solander, Cuv. Sf Val. vi. p. 421. — Madeira. 

 ? Smaris royeri, Bowdich, Cuv.. Sf Val. vi. p. 421. — Madeira. 



D. ■^. A. ^. L. lat. 90. L. transv. 4/15. Caec. pylor. 3. 



Body cylindrical. The height of the hody is one-sixth of the 

 total length, the length of the head one-fourth ; the diameter of the 

 eye is nearly one-third of the length of the head, and equal toj^that 

 of the snout. Caudalis notched. No lateral blotch. 



Mediterranean ; Madeira. 



a. Fine specimen. Madeira. From the Haslar Collection. 

 h. Fine specimen. Madeira. Purchased of Mr. Stevens. 



c. Adult: bad state. Madeira. From the Haslar Collection. 



d. Adult. Bay of Naples. Presented by S. P. Pratt, Esq. 



e. Adult. 

 /. Adult. 



23. C-ffiSIO*. 



Caesio, sp., (Cominersou) Cuv. Ri'yne Anim. ; Cuv. H) Val. vi. p. 426. 



Form of the body oblong ; eye moderate ; the cleft of the mouth 

 more or less oblicjue, with the jaws e(]ual, or the lower slightly 

 longer. One dorsal, continuous, with the anterior part highest, more 

 or less covered with scales f ; the number of the spines varjang be- 

 tween nine and thirteen ; anal fin ^^ ; all the spines very feeble ; 

 caudalis deeply forked. No teeth on the palate. Prajoperculum 

 entire, or minutely denticulated. Scales moderate, ciliated. Six or 

 seven branchiostegals. Pseudobranchia). Air-bladder simple. Py- 

 loric appendages in small number. 



From the Red Sea through the Indian Ocean into the Pacific. 



1 . Caesio lunaris. 



Rcnard, pi. 32. f. 174. 



CfBsio lunaris, (Ehrenbg.) Cuv. 8) Val. vi. p. 441 ; Less. Voy. Coq. Zool. 



ii. p. 18G, Pois.s. pi. 34 (faulty) ; Bleeker, Natuufk. I'ydschr. I^ederl. 



Indt'r, 1851, p. 1<7. 



D. 1^. A. ^. L. lat. 55. Cffic. pylor. 5. 



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

 head 4| ; the diameter of the eye is 3g in the latter ; the second 



* 1. Cicsio tricolor, Cnv. ^ Va!. vi. p. 4.S8. — Enst Indies. 



2. Spania cuning, Bl. taf. 2G3. f. 1 ; Lacip. iv. p. 1 15. — Ciclila cuning. Bl. 

 Schn. p. 3iK>. — Ciesio cuning, Cav. tV Val. vi. p. 444. — East Indies. 

 t t'fr. Ca'sio gyranopterus, p. 394. 



