154 RED-SPOTTED CYCHLA. 



teeth fine, and in both jaws ; lower jaw a little pro- 

 duced; lateral line parted. The scaling is rather 

 large, fringed, elliptical, and not very adhesive; the 

 head compressed and ventral fins a little behind the 

 pectorals ; the nostrils single, and situate at half 

 distance from the eye ; the snout and tongue pointed. 

 They are taken by the hook and with arrows, anc 

 are good and well-tasted fish." The peacock-eyes, 

 or ocellated spots, are dark vermilion-red with 

 large black centre, and the base of the soft part ol 

 the dorsal, the anal fin, the whole base of the tail, 

 and part of the extremity of the body, are thickly 

 but irregularly studded with small spots of the same 

 red tint. We have little doubt also that the teeth 

 and their distribution in this fish are different from 

 the preceding ones under the same generic name, 

 and consider that an examination of specimens 

 would place it distinct. The formula of the fins is 



D. 12/19 P. 18 V. 1/5 A. 3/14 -C. 16. 



