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TELBO8TEI. ACANTIIOPTEKTGII. 



626. (1.) Priacanthus hamrur. 



Sciaena hanirur, Forsk. Dcscr. Anim. p. 45. 



Priacanthus blochii, Day, Fish. India, p. 48, pi. viii, fig. 2, Sitppl. 

 1888, p. 783 (see syno'n.). 



B. vi. D. 10/13-14. P. 18. A. 3/14. C. 17. L.r. 110-120. 



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

 large, in middle of length of head, 5 diameter from end of snout. 

 Preorbital serrated along both its upper and lower borders. Fins 

 dorsal spines of moderate strength, increasing in length to the 

 last, which, however, is not quite so long as the rays. Pectoral 

 short; ventral spine serrated on both edges ; anal spines serrated 

 anteriorly, the third the longest ; caudal cut square. Colour light 

 lake-red, all the vertical as well as the ventral fins having a narrow 

 black border. 



Hah. Red Sea, east coast of Africa, seas of India, and Malay 

 Archipelago. 



627. (2.) Priacanthus holocentrum. (Fig. 148.) 



Priacanthns holocentrum, BlceJccr, liatav. Gcnootsch. Verhand. xxii, 

 Perc. p. 48 ; Day, Fish. India, p. 746, Sujtpl. p. 784 (see synon.). 



Pasuwa, Tamil. 



B. vi. D. 10/12-13. P. 17. A. 3/12-13. C. 16. L. 1. 55. 



Length of head 3^, height of body 3^ in the total length. EIJI-S 

 diameter 2| in length of head, \ from end of snout, and 



Fig. 148. Priacanthus folocentrum. 



about | apart. Preorbital serrated below. Preopercle serrated, 

 having a large, flat, and serrated spine, equal in length to half 

 the diameter of the orbit. Two opercular spines ; subopercle ser- 

 rated, a shoulder-spine. Fins second dorsal spine two thirds 

 as high as the last, which is the longest; third anal spine the 



