BALISTKS MACULATUS. 71 



J¥otopt€rus afer, 



The groundcolour in life is dark green, the spots are 

 yellowish. 



Vernacular name: Dada. 



The following fishes were collected in brackish water at 

 the mouth of the Messurado river: 



Pvistipoma Jwbelini. 

 Gefves melanopterus , 



JPsettus sehae. 



Four specimens of 



JBttlistes muculafus 



were captured in the Atlantic ocean as they were fol- 

 lowing in a shoal a log of driftwood and feeding upon 

 the specimens of Lepas attached thereto. 



N'otes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. III. 



