PEECID^E. 529 



front of the lower jaw, and a single conical row in last two thirds 

 of mandible. Fins dorsal interspinous membrane scarcely notched, 

 spines increase in length to last, which equals two fifths of height 

 of body, the rays slightly longer ; outer ventral ray elongated, 

 nearly reaching anal ; anal spines of equal strength, the second 

 not so long as the third ; caudal deeply forked, the upper lobe the 

 longer, but no filamentous prolongation was observed in Madras 

 specimens. Colour reddish above, becoming silvery with yellow 

 bands along the sides and beneath ; a bluish spot on the opercle ; 

 fins reddish, dorsal edged with orange and having a golden band 

 along its base. 



Hab. Seas of India ; growing to at least 8 inches in length. 



707. (5.) Synagris taeniopterus. 



'Dentex teeniopterus, Cuv. $ Val H. N. Poiss. vi, p. 246. 

 Dentex (Synagris) notatus, Day, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 684. 

 Syuagris notatus, Day, Fish. India, p. 93, pi. xxiv, fig. 3, Sujtpl. 

 p. 786 (see synon.). 



B. vi. P. 15. L. 1. 47. L. tr. 3|/10. 



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

 Eyes diameter 3| to 4 in length of head, 1| from end of snout, 

 and nearly 1 apart. Preopercle entire. Opercle with a small flat 

 spine. Teeth 4 large curved canines in either premaxillary, and 

 a small lateral outer conical row : 6 well-developed canine-like teeth 

 in front third of lower jaw, laterally a conical row, becoming small 

 in last fourth of jaw. Fins dorsal interspinous membrane very 

 slightly emarginate, spines increase in length to fifth, then continue 

 of about the same height to the last, which is a little longer ; rays 

 longer than spines. Pectoral not extending to above anal. Caudal 

 forked, upper lobe the longer. Colour rosy, with a brilliant spot 

 on the first five scales below the lateral line, the upper half red, 

 the lower yellow. Five or six longitudinal yellow bands, and three 

 silvery-white bands below the lateral line; fins pinkish, with a 

 yellow band along the base of the dorsal and anal. 



Hab. Seas of India. 



22. Genus PENTAPUS, Cuv. 

 Syn. Leiopsis, Bennett ; Gnathodentex, pt., Bleeker. 



Branchiostegals six ; pseudobranchias. Body oblong. Eyes of 

 medium size. Cleft of mouth more or less horizontal and not 

 deep ; ja\vs of about equal length. Preopercle entire ; opercle 

 without any or with a very feeble spine ; preorbital narrow, entire ; 

 the distance between the eye and the mouth small. Villiforin 

 teeth in the jaws with canines ; palate edentulous. One scaleless 

 dorsal fin receivable into a groove at its base, having ten spines ; 

 anal with three spines ; caudal forked. Scales ctenoid, of moderate or 



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