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and the greater part of the maxillary bone cannot be hidden below 

 the praeorbital ; limb of praeoperenlum scaly ; a protuberance above 

 the upper anterior angle of the eye. Molars small anteriorly, 

 numerous, and irregularly arranged ; two large ones on each side, 

 behind the middle of each jaw. Dorsal spines moderate, of nearly 

 equal strength ; the third and fourth nearly equal in length ; the 

 second and third anal spines are 3| in the length of the head, 

 lied ; the soft portions of the dorsal and anal fins black. 

 Cape of Good Hope. 



a. 23" long : stuffed. Cape Seas. Purchased ot Mr. Argent. 

 h. 21" long; stuffed. Cape Seas. Purchased of Sir A. Smith. 



c. 21" long: not good state : stuffed. Cape Seas. Piirchased of Sir 



A. Smith. 



d. ] 7" long : skin. False Bay 



8. Chrysophrys calamus. 



PageUus calamus, Cuv. 4" Vol. vi. p. 206. pi. 152. 

 ? PageUus penna, Cuv. <y Vol. vi. p. 209 ; Guicheti. in Ramon de la 

 Sagra, Hist. Cub. Poiss. p. 82. 



D. i?. A. j^. L. lat. 50-56. L. transv. 7/19 Vert. 22. 



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

 the head 3|. Forehead broad, with a protuberance before the upper 

 angle of the orbit ; the upper profile of the snout abruptly descending; 

 the prseorbital very large, higher than long ; the upper maxillary 

 with a prominent knob at its upper extremity (sometimes absent) ; 

 the posterior opening of the nostrils a very long slit. Molars above 

 in three series, beneath in two. Canines very distinct with age, 

 and sometimes bent outward. Greenish, with golden longitudinal 

 streaks ; dorsal and anal spotted with blackish ; ventral blackish. 



Atlantic shores of Tropical America. 



a. Ad\ilt. Bahia. Purchased of M. Parzudaki, 



6. Half-grown. Trinidad. Presented by J. B. Itichardson, Esq. 



c. Fine specimen. Cuba. From the Collection of the Zoological 



Society. 

 d-h. Adult : skins. Jamaica. From Dr. PameU's Collection. 

 i-m. Half-grown: skins. Jamaica. From Dr. Pamell's Collection, 

 n. Fifteen inches long : stuffed. 

 0. Adult: stiiffed. 

 J). Half-grown : stuffed. 



This species has very distinct canines when in mature age, and 

 therefore it cannot remain in the genus PageUus, to which it was 

 referred by Valenciennes. 



Payellus microps, Guichen. I. c. p. 83. pi. 3. f. 1, appears to be 

 different from the above species, although closely allied. It is said 

 to have two series of molars in the upper jaw. 



