4GO TELEOSTET. ACANTIIOPTEBTGIT. 



from end of snout, and f apart. Lower jaw prominent. Fins 

 dorsal spines rather weak, the soft portion of the fin and of the 

 anal elongated and pointed ; pectoral as long as the head without 

 the snout; ventral one third longer; caudal with pointed angles. 

 Colour red, with small darker spots everywhere. All the fins 

 red ; outer edge of pectoral and soft dorsal yellowish, as also snout 

 and abdomen. A yellow line along the inner edge of the two lobes 

 of the caudal fin. 



Hob. lied Sea, to the Malay Archipelago. Not common off' the 

 coast of India, so far as is known. 



5. Genus GRAMMISTES, Bloch & Schneider. 

 Syn. Poyonoperca, Giinther. 



Branchiostegals seven. Body oblong, compressed. Snout short. 

 Opercle and preopercle unserrated, but spiny. Teeth villiform 

 in the jaws, vomer, and palatines ; no canines. Tongue smooth. 

 A fleshy barbel of a more or less rudimentary character on the chin. 

 Two dorsal fins, the first with seven spines ; anal spineless. Scales 

 minute, adherent, and enveloped in the epidermis. Pyloric appen- 

 dages few. 



Fig. 144. Grammistes orientalis. 



Geographical Distribution. Red Sea, throughout the seas of India 

 to the Malay Archipelago, and beyond. 



Synopsis of Indian Species. 



Deep brown, with white longitudinal bands. ... 1. G. ariadaKs, p. 400. 

 A. 11. Brown, with small white dots 2. G.punctatiis, p. 401. 



592. (1.) Grammistes orientalis. (Fig. 144.) 



Grnmmistes orientalis, SI. Schn. p. 188 ; Day, Fish. India, p. 28, 

 pi. ix, fig. 1 (see synon.). 



D. 7 | 1/13-15. P. 16. V. 1/5. A. 9-11. C. 17. 



