616 FISHES. 



Ckeilinus fasciatu.<i.—T\\e Banded Gilt.Head. Plate lix. fig. 10. Body 

 I>road, compressed; yellow, with six browu trausverse fillets; lateral lino 

 interrupted. 



Chromis Sttri)iamertsis.—T\ie Surinam Gilt-Head. Plate Ix. fi?. 1. 

 Yellow, transversely spotted with red ; each side with five large black spots ; 

 tail slightly semilunar. Inhabits the Sonth American seas. 



Scarus viridis.—T\ie Green Scarus. Plate Ix. fig. 2. Yellowish or grass 

 preen ; bordered with sea green ; caudal fin straight. Twelve inches long. 

 Inhabits the Chinese seas. 



Boopa chrt/.mrus.— The Gold-Tailed Sparus. Plate Ix. fig. 3. Describ- 

 ed, vol. iii. p. 533. 



Serranus iigi-hms.— The Spotted Holocentrus. Plate Ix. fig. 6. Back 

 brown ; sides blue ; abdomen silvery, with numerous black bauds and spots; 

 rounded in the fins. Twelve inches long. Inhabits the Indian seas. 



Holocentrus sogo.— The Soeo Holocentrus. Plate Ix. fig. 5. Body 

 silvery-red, with longitudinal yellow streaks on each side ; fins elongated, 

 bright red; tail greatly forked. Twelve inches long. Inhabits the North 

 and South seas. 



Pterois antennata.— The Antennated Pterois. Plate Ix. fig. 8. Head 

 provided with two great tentacula over each eye ; body with brown and yel- 

 low transverse stripes, and a brown handover the eyes. Twelve inches hmg. 

 Inhabits the rivers in Amboyna. 



Mullus surmuletus.— The Surmullet. Plate Ix. fig. 10. Of a reddish 

 silvery metallic lustre, with longitudinal golden bands. Fourteen inches 

 Jong. Inhabits the seas of Northern Europe. 



Mugil auratns.— The Tang. Plate Ix. fig. 4. Brown above; sides 

 white, with yellow bands ; tins fawn-coloured. Twelve inches long. Inha. 

 bits the Mediterranean. 



Trachinus draco.— The Dragon Weever. Plate Ix. fig. 9. Brownish- 

 yellow ; first dorsal fin black, and having five rays. Twelve inches long. 

 Inhabits ti.e seas of Northern Europe. 



Uranoscoims scaber.— The Star.Gazer. Plate Ix. fig. 7. Back brown; 

 sides gray ; abdomen white ; interior lip of the lower jaw with a long fila- 

 ment ; lips with smaller cirri. Twelve inches long. Inhabits the Northern 

 seas. 



TrigUi hirundo The Swallow Gurnard. Plate Ixi. fig. 1. Browo ; 



snout slightly notched ; pectoral fins equal to a third of the body in length, 

 spotted with blue. Two feet long. Inhabits the European seas. 



Dactyloptenis volitans.— The Flying Gurnard. Plate 1x1. fig. 7. Crim- 

 son-red above, whitish beneath ; first dorsal fin and tail pale lilac. Twelve 

 inches long. Inhabits the Mediterranean. 



Cottus gobio.— The River Bullhead. Plate Ixi. fig. 2. Described, vol. 

 iii. p. 531. 



J.ophius piscalorius.— The Fishing-Frog. Plate Ixi. tig. 6. Described, 

 vol. ill. p. 519. 



Antennarius histrio.— The Harlequin Angler. Plate Ixi. fig. 5. Drab, 

 coloured, m;irbled with deep brown or dusky patches. Twelve inches long. 

 Inhabits tlie Indian and American seas. 



Caranx ruber.— The Red Mackrel. Plate Ixi. fig. 3. Rose-red, with 

 the sides and abdomen silvery ; tail deeply forked. Fourteea iucheb long. 

 Jiihabita the Indian and American seas. 



