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upper jaw largest ; body elongated, with a long and partly 

 spinous dorsal fin. 



* With one spine on the operculum. 



S. cceruleo-punctatus, Cuv. (Holocentrus, Bloch.) Body bluish,, with 

 pale yellow ypots ; fins brown, with numerous round blue spots ; 

 operculi with one spine, and eleven spinous rays in the dorsal fin. 

 3 inches long. Block, pi. 242, fig. 2. 



S. striatus, Cuv. {Holocentrus, Bloch.) Body compressed, dirty 

 white, with five transverse brown bands ; ten spinous rays in the 

 dorsal fin. 6 inches long. Bloch, pi. 235, fig. 1. 



S. punctatus, Cuv. Body compressed, yellowish, thickly spotted with 

 black and red spots and points ; eleven spinous rays in the dor- 

 sal fin. Inhabits South American seas. Bloch, pi. 241. 



S. afer, Cuv. Body ovate, brown, deeper on the bak ; pectoral fins 

 sulphur yellow, ventrals orange. 12 inches long. Inhabits Af- 

 rican seas. Bloch, pi. 327. 



* With two spines on the operculum. 



S. lanceolatus, Cuv. Body compressed and broad, silvery, banded 

 and spotted with brown ; fins pointed ; eleven spinous rays in the 

 dorsal fin. 6 inches long. Indian seas. Block, pi. 242, fig. 1. 



S. maculatus, Cuv. Body grayish, with white spots ; pectoral, cau- 

 dal, and dorsal fins rounded ; eleven rays in the dorsal fin. In- 

 habits Indian seas Bloch, pi. 242, fig. 3. 



S. ruber, Cuv. Head narrow, and with the back and sides deep 

 red ; belly pale red, and the base of the fins yellow ; eleven 

 spines in the dorsal fin. Japanese seas Bloch, pi. 331. 



S. siagonotus, Cuv. {Holocentrus, Laroche.) Body oblong, com- 

 pressed, whitish gray or silvery, deeper on the back ; lower jaw 

 dotted below, with small transverse furrows ; caudal fin notched ; 

 a round black spot on the dorsal fin. 5 inches long. Inhabits 

 Mediterranean sea. An. Mus. xiii. pi. 22, fig. 8. 



*** With three spines on the operculum. 



S. otigus, Cuv. Head long ; body brown, greenish towards the bel- 

 ly, and marked transversely by elongated spots ; dorsal, caudal, 

 and anal fins spotted with yellow ; tail rounded. Inhabits Ja- 

 panese seas. Block, pi. 234. 



S. tigrinus, Cuv. Brownish on the back, bluish on the sides, and 

 the belly silvery, marked by numerous black spots and bands, 

 those on the fins being rounded. 12 inches long. Inhabits In- 

 dian seas. Shaw, iv. pi. 81. 



S. argentinus, Cuv. Ground colour of the body yellowish, top of 

 the head violet, and the sides silvery ; fins pale blue ; tail trun- 

 cated. 5 inches long. Bloch, pi. 335, fig. 2. 



S. marginalis, Cuv. Head large, covered with small scales ; four 

 large teeth and small ones on the sides ; preoperculi finely den- 

 tated, and the operculum with three spines ; body bluish, with 

 brownish back, and red fins. 6 inches long. Bloch, pi. 328, fig. 1. 



