530 TELEOSTEI. ACANTIIOPTERYGII. 



small size, with three or more rows on the preopercte. Air-bladder 

 simple. Pyloric appendages few. 



Geographical Distribution. Seas of India to Australia. 



708. (1.) Pentapus aurolineatus. 



Sparus aurolineatus, Lac6p. II. N. Poits. iv, p. 132. 

 Pentapus auroliueatus, Day, FisJi. India, p. 03. 



D. 10/10. P. 16. A. 3/9-10. C. 17. L. 1.74-78. L. tr. (>/20. 



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

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

 1 apart. A serrated ridge outside middle portion of upper t wo 

 thirds of maxilla. Teeth about six canines in front of each jaw, 

 the outer pair enlarged. Fins dorsal spines rather weak, increas- 

 ing in length to the fourth, which is two tilths the height of the 

 body, the hinder ones are a little shorter, the rays are rather higher 

 than the spines, interspinous membrane slightly notched; pec- 

 toral nearly as long as the head; ventral nearly reaches the anal. 

 Anal spines not strong, third the longest but not quite equal to 

 fourth dorsal : caudal deeply forked. Colour silvery, with four 

 or five horizontal golden bauds along the sides, and a silvery mark 

 on the back behind last dorsal ray ; fins rosy, the dorsal, caudal, 

 and anal being margined with red. 



Hob. Mauritius, Ceylon to the Malay Archipelago, and beyond. 



23. Genus APHAREUS, Cuv. & Val. 



Branchiostegals seven ; pseudobranchia}. Body oblong. Cleft of 

 mouth wide and oblique, the lower jaw the longer. Preopercle 

 and preorbital entire. Canines absent, palate edentulous. A single 

 dorsal fin, with the front portion the highest, spines (10-12) feeble ; 

 caudal forked. Scales small. Air-bladder simple. A respiratory 

 cavity behind the branchia?. Pyloric appendages few. 



709. (1.) Aphareus rutilans. 



Aphareus rutilans, Cuv. $ Val. H. N. Poiss. vi, p. 400 ; Day, Fish. 

 India, Suppl. 1888, p. 782 (see syiion.). 



D. 10-12/9-11. P. 16. A. 3/8. C. 17. L. 1. 65-70. Ctec.pyl.5. 



Length of head 4, height of body 4| to 5 in the total length. 

 Eyes diameter 4 in length of head, lj from end of snout, and 1 

 apart. Fins fourth and fifth dorsal spines the highest in the 

 fin, last dorsal and anal rays prolonged to twice the length of the 

 penultimate : caudal deeply forked. Colour rosy, deepest along 

 the back, with a yellow blotch between each two rays of the dorsal 

 fin near their bases. Caudal lobes with dark tips. 



Hah. lied Sea to the Malay Archipelago ; obtained in Ceylon by 

 Mr. Haly. 



