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GOLDEN HOLOCENTRUS. 



Holocentrus Auratus. H. luteus, rubro-punctulatus. 

 Gold-yellow Holocentrus, with red specks. 

 Holocentrus auratus. Block. 



NATIVE of the East Indies. 



FOUR-LINED HOLOCENTRUS. 



Holocentrus Quadrilineatus. H. argenteus, dorso subfusco, 

 corpore supra lincis utruique quatuor longitudinalibus nigris. 



Silvery Holocentrus, with brownish back, and body marked 

 above by four longitudinal black lines on each side. 



Holocentrus quadrilineatus. Block. 



LENGTH about five inches : scales small : spiny 

 part of the dorsal fin marked on the edge by a 

 black patch. Native of the East Indies. 



FASCIATED HOLOCENTRUS. 



Holocentrus Fasciatus. II. tubriridi-JfaccMxm fasciis trans- 



vcrsisfuscis subtus bifidis. 

 Green-yellowish Holocentms with transverse brown bands 



divided beneath. 

 Holocentrus fasciatus. Block. 



LENGTH twelve inches : shape rather lengthened : 

 Jiead somewhat like that of a Pike : scales middle- 

 sized: bands of the body continued through the 

 dorsal fin : rest of the fins and tail plain, and of a 

 pale colour. Native region unknown. 



