i98 SPARID^. 



2, Pimelepterus fuscus. 



Xyster fuscus, (Commers.) Lacep. v. pp. 484, 485. 

 Pimelepterus fuscus, Cuv. 8f Val. vii. p. 2G4; Riipp. N. W. Fische, 

 p. 34. taf. 10. f. 3. 



T),Ji. A.f^. L. lat. 68. L. transv. 12/22. Csec. pylor. ca. 1000. 



Vert. 9/16. 



The height of the body is one-third of the total length ; the dis- 

 tance between the eyes is 2 j in the length of the head. The soft 

 portions of the dorsal and anal fins lower than the longest dorsal 

 ispine. The horizontal portion of the incisors thr6e times as long as 

 the vertical. Uniform greyish. 



Cape of Good' Hope ; Red Sea. 



a. 21 inches loiig : stuffed. Red Sea. From Dr. Riippell's Collection. 

 6. 25 inches long : stuffed. 



c, 21 inches long : stuffed. 



d. Young. Old Collection, as Chcetodon cyprinoides. 



3. Pimelepterus waigiensis. 



Pimelepterus waigiensis, Quoy Sf- Gaim. Voy. Freyc. Zool. p. 386. pi. 02. 



f. 4. 

 Pimelepterus marciac, Cuv. ^ Val. vii. p. 267; RUpp. N. W.Fischc,^. 35. 



D. 1^. A. ^. L. lat. 75. L. transv. 12/20. C«c. pylor. 5-6. 



The height of the body is 2| to 2^ in the total length. The breadth 

 between the eyes is 2|- in the length of the head. The spinous 

 dorsal fin is rather higher than the soft portion and the anal. The 

 horizontal part of the incisors is distinctly longer than tlie vertical. 

 Greyish ; a silvery streak along the proeorbital. 



Coasts of New Guinea, Java, and Amboyna. 



a. Adult. Old Collection, as Chcetodon cyprinoides. 

 h. Half-grown. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



c. Half-grown. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



d. Half-grown: stuffed. From the Collection of the Zoological 



Society. 



e. Young. India. 



4. Pimelepterus lembus. 



Cuv. i^ Val. vii. p. 209 ; Jilcck. Batav. p. 469. 



D. -. A.-. L. lat. 00. L. transv. 10/18. 



14 13 ' 



The height of the body is 3g in the total length ; the space 

 between the eyes is 2| in the length of the head ; the horizontal 

 portion of the incisors is twice the length of the vertical. The 

 spinous portion of the dorsal fin higher than the soft. Bluish, with 

 brown longitudinal streaks ; a golden band from the muzzle through 

 the eye to the operculum ; another from the maxillary to the pnc- 

 operculum. 



Seas of Batavia and Vanicolo, 



a. Adult : not good state. Moluccas, Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



