TELEOSTJ5I. - ACA.NT HOl'TJilU'UII. 



higher than the rays; second anal spine much the strongest and 

 longest, equalling the length of the pectoral fin ; caudal rounded. 

 Scales finely ctenoid, 10 rows between the lateral line and the 



Fig. 145. Myriodon wuigiensis. 



ventral fin. Colour reddish, marbled with brown ; some dark 

 bands radiate from the eyes. All the fins spotted, blotched, and 

 banded with brown or black. 



Hob.. Nicobars to the Australian seas. 



7. Genus DIPLOPRION (Kuhl & v. Hass.), Cuv. & Val. 



Branchiostegals seven. Body oblong, compressed. Opercle 

 spiny ; preopercle with a double edge, the outer of which is 

 denticulated. Teeth villiform in jaws, vomer, and palatines ; no 

 canines; tongue smooth. Two dorsal fins, the first with eight 

 spines ; anal with two. Scales small, adherent. Pyloric append- 

 ages few. 



595. (1.) Diploprion foifasciatum. 



Diploprion bifaseiatuni {Kuhl fy v. Hass.), Cuv. fy Val. H. N. Poiss. ii, 



p. 137, pi. 21 ; Day, Fish. India, p. 28, pi. ix, fig. 2 (see synon.). 

 ' Anoovah meen, Tarn. 



D. 8 | 14-15. A. 2/11-13. C. 17. L. r. 113/100-105. L.tr. 12. 



Length of head 3^, height of body 2^ in the total length. Eyes 

 diameter 4 in length of head, 1J from end of snout, and f 

 apart. Approximating portions of sub- and iuteropercles serrated, 

 Opercle with its two upper spines large, followed inferiorly by 

 several smaller ones. Fins third and fourth dorsal spines the 

 highest, and nearly equal to the length of the head behind the front 

 edge of the orbit ; they decrease in length to the last, which is very 

 short ; anal spines also very short ; caudal rounded. Colour 

 gamboge-yellow, with two broad black cross bands. 



Hob. Seas of India, to China and Japan. 



