534 Mr. J. R. Norman on 
and 1} in interorbital width. Anterior profile steep and 
nearly straight. Snout and interorbital space naked.  Pree- 
orbital deeper than eye; distance from eye to end of 
maxillary 24 in length of head. Anterior teeth acute, with 
10-12 small Camines in each jaw. Lateral teeth in three 
rows in upper jaw, the outer obtusely conical, the others 
molariform; two rows in lower jaw. Maxillary scarcely 
reaching vertical from anterior margin of eye. Six short 
gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch, Dorsal XII 12; 
third spine longest, nearly } length of head; first soft ray 
2 length of head. Anal ul 103, third spine longest, equal 
to diameter of eye, shorter than soft rays. Pectoral longer 
than head, almost reaching origin of anal. Pelvies 3 length 
of head. Caudal forked. 47 scales in lateral line, 6 from 
origin of dorsal to lateral line. Greyish silvery; a silvery 
streak below the eye ; fins pale, spinous dorsal with dark edge ; 
a dark spot superiorly in axil of pectoral. 
A single specimen, 200 mm. in total length. 
Upeneus parvus, Poey. 
Depth of body 43 to 5 in the length, length of lead 33 to 
3%. Snout slightly longer than diameter of eye, which is 
34 to 32 in length of head. Interorbital region flattish, its 
width equal to diameter of eye. Lower jaw slightly the 
Aare ; maxillary reaching to below anterior third of eye. 
Teeth very small, conical, in two series anteriorly and a 
single series laterally. Barbels reaching angle of pre- 
operculum when laid back. Gaill-rakers slender, about 
18 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal VII, I 7-8; 
spines slender, first longest, 3 length of head and 14 longest 
soft rays. Anal I] 6; longest soft rays equal to those of 
second dorsal. Pectoral 3 : length of head, barely reaching 
beyond tips of pelvics. Gadel deeply forked. Brownish 
above, fading to white below ; a yellowish longitudinal band 
along the side; fins pale, caudal with three or four dark 
oblique bars on each lobe. 
Three specimens, 70-90 mm. in total length. 
CrNTROCHROMIS, gen. nov. 
(Type, Glyphidodon rudis, Poey.) 
Aerces closely with Glyphidedon, but is distinguished by 
having the preeoperculum coarsely serrated. 
