5. UPKNEUS, 409 



three lilac streaks ; on each side of the body four or five clouded 

 brownish spots. {Guv.) 

 Sea of Martinique. 



12. TTpeneus prayensis. 



Cuv. 4" Val. ill. p. 485 ; Jenyns, Zool. BeagU, Fishes, p. 2G. 

 D. 8 I 9. A. 7. L. lat. 30. L. transv. 3/6. 



The height of the body is 4| in the total length ; the distance 

 between the eyes is flat, and one-half of the length of the snout ; the 

 barbels reach nearly to the vertical from the opercular spine. Colo- 

 ration uniform (in siDirits), except a small black spot behind the eye, 

 at the upper extremity of the prseoperculum, and a blackish longitu- 

 dinal band on the soft dorsal. 



West coast of Africa. 



a. Half-grown. River Niger. From Mr. Fraser's Collection. 



13. Upeneus cyclostoma. 



Miillus cyclostomus, Lacep. iii. p. 404. pi. 19. f. 3 (very bad). 

 Scisena heptacantlius, Lacep. iv. pp. 308, 312. 



Upeneus cyclostomus, Cuv. i^- Val. ill. p. 472; Rlipp. N. W. Fisc/ie,'p. 101. 

 ? Upeneus immaculatus, Benn, Proc. Comin. Zool. Soc. i. p. 60. 



D. 8 I 9. A. 7. L. lat. 27-30. L. transv. 2/7, 



The height of the body is 4^ in the total length ; the diameter of 

 the eye is one-fifth of the length of the head, and less than one-half 

 of that of the snout. The snout not pointed ; the distance between 

 the eyes is convex, and 1-| in the length of the snout. The height 

 of the spinous dorsal is two -thirds of that of the body. The tubes 

 of the. lateral line with very short lateral branches. The barbels 

 reach to, or nearly to, the base of the ventrals. Coloration uniform 

 (in spirits). 



From the Red Sea, through the Indian Ocean, to the Indian Archi- 

 pelago. 



a. Fine specimen. Moluccas. From the Leyden Museum as Upe- 



neus luteus. 



b. Half-grown. Coram and Amboyna. From Madame Ida Pfeiffer's 



Collection. 



c. Adult : stuffed. Louisiade Archipelago. Voyage of the Rattle- 



snake. 



d. Young : stuifed. Louisiade Archipelago (30 fathoms). Voyage 



of the Rattlesnake. 



e. Half-grown : stuifed. Redscar Bay (S.E. coast of New Guinea ; 



on mild). Voyage of the Rattlesnake. 



14. Upeneus oxycephalus. 



BkfifCcA ^ct. Soc. Sc. Indo-Nederl. i. 3Ianado en Makass. p. 45. 

 D. 8 I -^. A. 8. L. lat. 30. 

 The height of the body is 4^-4^ ia the total length, the length of 



