490 SPARIDJI. 



14. Chrysophrys hasta. 



Spams liasta, Bl Schn. p. 275. 



Coius datnia, Bticli. Ham. Fish. Gang. p. 88. pi. 9. f. 29. 



Chrysophrys longispinis, Ciiv. ^- Val. vi. p. 116 ; Bleeker, Verhand. 



Batav. Genootsch. xxv. Nalez. Ichth. Faun. Beng. Hf Hind. p. 93. 



berda, Cm: 8f Val. vi. p. 113 ; Bichard.son, Ichth. China, p. 240. 



longispinis, Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 08. pi. 32 ; Richardson, Ichth. 



C/iina, p. 240. 

 schlegelii, Bleeker, Japan, p. 400, and Verhatid. Batav. Genootsch. 



xx\i. p. 86. 



calamara, Cant. Catal. p. 48 (not C. 8,- V.). 



xanthopoda, Richardson, Ichth. China, p. 241. 



amipes, Richardson, I. c. 



^•n^- A-s^- L.lat. 42-45. L. transv. ±?. 



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

 head 3^ ; the eye is relatively much larger in immature specimens, 

 in which it equals the distance between the eyes, and is 1^ in the 

 length of the snout. In adult specimens the diameter of the eye is 

 1| in the width of the forehead and twice in the length of the snout. 

 The praeorbital is twice as long as high, and, especially in very large 

 specimens, considerably notched, to receive the posterior extremity of 

 the maxillary bone. There is a verj' slight protuberance above the 

 upper anterior angle of the eye. The incisors are conical, pointed, 

 of moderate strength ; the molars in great number, above in four 

 or even five series, beneath in three, sometimes in four. Dorsal 

 spines strong, compressed, broader on one side ; the foiu'th is the 

 longest ; the second anal spine very strong, 1 1 in the length of the 

 head. Operculum with a rather prominent spine. Silvery ; anal 

 blackish, dorsal edged with blackish. 



Bay of Bengal, entering the rivers ; Chinese and Japanese Seas. 



A. Western specimens with 11 dorsal spines: Sparus hasta, Bl. 

 Schn., Chrysophrys berda, Valenc, but not Sparus berda, Forsk. 



a. 15" long : skin. Ceylon. Collected by E. F. Kelaart, M.D, 



b. 17" long : stuffed. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



c. Adult : stuffed. Bay of Bengal. From Dr. Cantor's Collection 



as Pagrus fiavipinnis. 



d. Half-grown. Madras. Presented by J. C. Jordon, Esq. 



e. Adult : stuffed. 



/". Half-groAvn. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. — 

 The second ray of the anal fin is transformed into a spine. 



B. Western specimens with 12 doi-sal spines : Coiiis datnia, Buch. 

 Ham., Chr. longispinis, Valenc., Bleek. 



g. Fine specimen. Calcutta. Presented by G. R. vVaterhouse, Esq. 

 h. Adult : stuffed. Ganges at Calcutta. Purchased of Mr. Warwick. 

 J. Adult: stuffed. Bay of Bengal. From Dr. Cantor's Collection 

 as Pagrus Jlavopinnis. 



