522 TELEOSTEI. ACANTnOPTERTGII. 



695. (3.) Scolopsis bilineatus. 



Anthias bilineatus, Block, Ich. t. 325, fig. 1. 



Scolopsis bilineatus, Day, Pish. India, p. 85, pi. xxii, fig. 8 (see 

 synon.). 



D. 10/9. P. 16. A. 3/7. C. 17. L. 1. 46. L. tr. 4/14. Case. pyl. 5. 



Length of head 4 or a little less, height of body 3| in the total 

 length. Eyes diameter 2=| to 2 in length of head, if from end 

 of snout, and 1 apart. Fins dorsal spines not strong, increasing 

 iu height to the fourth, which equals three sevenths of the height 

 of the body. Pectoral extends nearly to above anal spines, the 

 second of which is very strong, longer than the third, and equal to 

 rather more than half of the height of the body : soft dorsal and anal 

 angularly rounded ; caudal forked. Colow a white band from 

 snout to origin of dorsal; a second, parallel, from above orbit to 

 below last dorsal spine ; a third from upper edge of eye to lateral 

 line. A wide, yellow, black-margined band curves upwards from 

 the mouth to the commencement of the soft dorsal. A large 

 yellow blotch below last half of soft dorsal, which fin is edged 

 with black ; anal black in its front half and white behind. 



Hob. Andamans and Malay Archipelago. 



696. (4.) Scolopsis ghanam. 



Sciaena ghanani, Forsk. Descr. Anim. p. 50, no. 56. 



Scolopsis ghanam, Day, Fish. India, p. 80, pi. xxii, fig. 4 (see synon.). 



D. 10/9. P. 17. A. 3/7. L. 1. 46. L. tr. 4/14. Ca?c. pyl. 6 (4). 



Length of head 4 to 4, height of body 3^ to 3 in the total 

 length. Eyes diameter 3 in length of head, - from end of snout, 

 and 1 apart. Scaleless portion of the head covered with numerous 

 small pores. Fins the dorsal spines, which are rather weak, in- 

 crease in length to the fifth ; second and third anal spines equal ; 

 caudal deeply forked. Colour back olive ; three yellowish-white 

 band?, parallel with the lateral line, on the upper part of each side, 

 a fourth shorter band from below the eve to the base of the pectoral 

 fin, which has a black spot in its axil. Most of the scales below 

 the lateral line in the anterior two thirds of the body have each a 

 black spot at its base. A violet mark is present at the base of 

 either lobe of the caudal fin. 



Hob. Bed Sea and Andaman Islands, where it is very common. 



697. (5.) Scolopsis monogramma. 



Scolopsides monogranima (Kuld $ v. Hass.\ Cut: $ Val. II. N. Poiss. 



v, p. 338. 

 Scolopsis monogranima, Day, Fish. India, p. 86, pi. xxii, fig. 5 (see 



pynon.). 



D.10/9. P. 17. A. 3/7. C. 17. L. 1. 44. L. tr. 5/14. 

 Length of head 4, height of body 3f in the total length. Eyes 



