468 spartd.t;. 



4. Pagms unicolor. 



Chiysophry'S iimcolor, Qiwy Sf Gairn. Voij. Uraii. p. 299. 



Pagrus unicolor, Cuv. ($• Val. vi. p. 162 ; Richardson, Ichth. China, 



p. 242. 

 guttiilatus, Cuv. ^ Vol. vi. p. 160 : Less. Voy. Coq. Zool. ii, p. 188. 



D. 1^. A, |. L. lat. 52. L. transv. 8/17, Csdc. pylor. 5. 



The height of the body is 2| in the total length, the length of the 

 head 3| ; the diameter of the eye equals the distance between the 

 eyes, and is 1^ in the length of the snont* ; a very slight protu- 

 berance above the upper anterior angle of the eye ; the prteorbital is 

 1|^ as long as high; there are six or seven series of scales on the 

 prfeopcroulum. Dorsal spines not elongate ; the second anal spine 

 rather longer, but not stronger, than the third, one-third of the length 

 of the head ; the pectoral reaches to the third anal spine, and is 4| 

 in the total length. Silvery ; back darker, witli silvery specks, 

 sometimes disappearing in preserved specimens. 



New Zealand ; Australian Seas. (Chinese Seas ?) 



a. Young. Now Zealand. Presented by Sir J. Eichardson. 



b, c. Young. New Zealand. Presented by Sir J. Kichardson. 

 d, e. Young. New Zealand. From the Haslar Collection. 

 f-h. Y''onng. New Zealand. From the Haslar Collection. 



i. Adult: bad state; has been in chloride of zinc. Sydney. Pre- 

 sented by Sir J. Richardson. 



Jc. Fine specimen. Port Jackson. Collected by Mr. Macgillivray. 



/. Skeleton. Port Jackson. Collected by Mr. Macgillivray. 



m. Half-grown. Norfolk Island. Presented by Sir J. Kichardson. 



n. Half-grown. . Norfolk Island. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



o. Adult: stufted. Moreton Island (12 fathouis). Voyage of the 

 Rattlesnake. 



p. Adult : skin. Australia. Purchased of Mr. Warw ick. 



q, r. Adult: skins. Australia. Purchased of Mr. Gould. 



s. Adult : bad state. Hong Kong? Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



t, n. Adult: skins. Cape of Good Hope? From Mr. Macgillivray's 

 (!ollection. 



V. Half- grown : skin. 



w, X. Young. From the Haslar Collection. 



y, z. Young. From the Haslar Collection. 



a. Many j'oung specimens. From the Haslar Collection. 



Pagrus ynin-ojifents, established by Yalenciennes from an apparently 

 faulty drawing (Cuv. <Sr Val. vi. p. 163), may prove to be identical 



with this .species. 



The foUouing specimens probably belong to a chfferent and un- 

 known species ; but being half-skins only, and deformed by stuffing, 

 they do not admit of any satisfactory description. If we put aside 

 their general form and their great size, they agree best with P. tmi- 

 color. 



- In y. aiig individuals equal to tlic lougth of the snout. 



