PERCIDJE. 519 



on to the body between the rows of spots ; dorsal, caudal, anal, 

 and ventral spotted, the latter greyish externally ; pectoral golden. 

 Hal). Red Sea, seas of India to the Malay Archipelago. 



C91. (9.) Diagramma picoides. 



Diagramma picoides, Peters, Monatsb. Akad. Wiss. Berl. 18GG, p. 94 ; 

 Day, Fish. India, p. 83. 



B.vii. D. 12/19. P. 17. A. 3/7. L. 1. 100. L. tr. 16-17/31-32. 



Length of head 4, height o body 4% in the total length. 

 Eyes diameter 4| in length of head, if from end of snout, and 

 lg apart. Fins dorsal spines moderate, 3rd a little more than 

 one third height of body ; second anal spine slightly longer and 

 much stronger than the third, and one third longer than the 

 highest in the dorsal fin. Colour upper half of body black, with 

 four Jarge light blotches, one over the snout, a second across the 

 nape, a third under the commencement of the dorsal rays, and 

 the last over the free portion of the tail. Line of division between 

 white abdomen and black of back zigzag or wavy. Tail with a row 

 o black spots. Dorsal fin with a black base and upper edge, and 

 a white median longitudinal band. Anal and caudal with irregular 

 black spots. 



Hal. Most probably the East Indies, but possibly the Mauritius, 

 or the Cape of Good Hope. 



18. Genus LOBOTES, Cuv. 



BranchiostegaJs six ; pseudobranchiao. Body and fins somewhat 

 elevated. Eyes rather small. Mouth moderately protractile, its 

 cleft oblique, lower jaw the longer. Opercle with obtuse points ; 

 preopercle serrated. Villiform teeth in the jaws with an external 

 enlarged row ; no canines ; palate edentulous. One dorsal fin with 

 twelve stout spines ; anal with three ; caudal rounded. Scales 

 ctenoid, of moderate size, extended over the head. Air-bladder 

 simple, without constriction. 



Geographical Distribution. Seas of India, China, and Atlantic 

 coasts of America. 



692. (1.) Lobotes surinamensis. (Fig. 157.) 



Holocentrus surinamensis, Bloch, Ich. t. 243. 



Lobotes surinamensis, Day, Fish. India, p. 84, pi. xxi, fig. 6 (fee 



synon.). 



Parrandec, Mai. ; Musalli, Tain. ; Chota bckktit, Ooriah. 

 D. 12/15-16. A. 3/11-13. L. tr. 9-1 1/22. Cffic.py 1.4. Vert. 13/11. 



Length of head from 3=| to 3|, height of body 21 to 3 in the 

 total length. Eyes diameter 6 to 7 in the length of head, 1 from 

 end of snout, and 1| to 2 apart. Fins dorsal spines strong, 4th 

 to 7th subequal and longest; soft portion of fin higher than 

 spinous ; third anal spine longer than second ; caudal rounded. 



