525 



701. (9.) Scolopsis ciliatus. 



Holocentrus ciliatus, Lactp. H. N. Pom. iv. pp. 333, 371. 

 Scolopsis ciliatus, Day, Fish. India, p. 89, pi. xxiii, fig. 5 (see synon.). 



D. 10/9. A. 3/7. L. 1. 44. L. tr. 3^-4/15. C3c. pyl. 5. Vert. 10/14. 



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

 length. Eye* diameter 2| to 2| in length of head, | from end 

 of snout, and 1 apart. A prominent ridge having a serrated edge 

 on the maxilla. Fins dorsal spines slender, increasing in length 

 to the fifth ; anal spines not strong, the third weaker but longer 

 than the second, and nearly equalling the longest in the dorsal 

 fin ; caudal forked. Colour greenish olive above, becoming 

 lighter on abdomen ; a longitudinal silvery-white band between the 

 lateral line and back, from near head to opposite commencement 

 of soft dorsal ; the position of this white line, Bleeker observes, is 

 liable to change with age. The scales below the lateral line have 

 a golden spot. Fins reddish. 



Hob. An damans, Malay Archipelago, &c. 



20. Genus DENTEX, Cuv. 



Syn. Gymnocranius, pt., Khmz ; Paradentex, pt., Blkr. ; Synagris, 

 (Klein), Bleeker. 



Branchiostegals six or seven ; pseudobranchiae. Body oblong, 

 rather elongate, and a little elevated. Mouth moderately protrac- 

 tile, its cleft more or less horizontal ; jaws of about equal length. 

 The distance between the eye and the angle of the mouth consider- 

 able. Generally strong canines in both jaws ; a conical outer 

 lateral row in either jaw ; vomer, palate, and tongue edentulous. 

 One scaleless dorsal fin having from ten to thirteen spines, anal 

 with three ; the spines generally weak, and more or less provided 

 with a scaly groove. Caudal forked. Scales ctenoid, of moderate 

 size, more than three rows between the eye and the angle of the 

 preopercle, none on the front of the snout, jaws, or preorbital. 

 Air-bladder not constricted, but notched posteriorly. Pyloric 

 appendages few. 



This genus has been subdivided from Synagris, mostly because 

 of the existence of more than three rows of scales across the pre- 

 opercle. 



Geographical Distribution. The fishes of this genus are found in 

 , .the Mediterranean, Atlantic, Red Sea, Indian and Pacific Oceans. 



702. (1.) Dentex rivulatus. 



Dentex rivulatus, Ritpp. N. W., Fische, p. 116, pi. xxix, fig. 2; Day, 

 Fish. India, p. 90 (see synon.). 



D. 10/10. P. 15. A. 3/10. C. 17. L. 1. 48. L. tr. 7/20. 

 Length of head 4|, height of body 3^ in the total length. 



