36 Mr, Bennett's Observations on Fishes 



The teeth are in each jaw extremely numerous, slender, and curved 

 inwards at their tips, characters which connect this species with the sub- 

 genus Salarias, Cuv. In the lower jaw there are also internally two 

 strong teeth, one on each side, which are curved and directed backwards. 



Length nearly 4 inches, breadth f inch. 



3. JULIS FLAVO-VITTATUS. 



J. oUvaceo-nigrescens, vittis flavis utrinqiie quatuor, secundd abbre- 

 viatd: caudd rotundatd : capite poroso. 

 D. yV p. 13. V. 6. A. 14. C. 14. 



The ground colour is deep olivaceous inclining to black, becoming 

 rather paler towards the under parts; it is marked longitudinally on each 

 side with four yellow stripes, the first of which begins above the eye, and 

 is continued along the back, almost at the base of the dorsal fin, as far as 

 the commencement of the caudal one; the second, beginning on the nose, 

 crosses the upper part of the orbit, and is gradually lost when on a level 

 with the middle of the soft part of the dorsal fin ; the third passes from 

 the tip of the nose across the lower part of the orbit, and terminates at the 

 base of the caudal fin ; and the fourth, commencing at the angle of the 

 mouth, has the same termination as the first and third: there is also a 

 slight appearance of a fifth passing along the abdominal margin. A 

 short yellow line passes also from the nose along the middle of the head 

 to the commencement of the dorsal fin. 



The rays of the dorsal fin are of equal length throughout its whole 

 extent: the membrane is dark fuscous with a slender yellow margin, and 

 marked along its middle by an interrupted yellow vitta : the caudal and 

 anal fins are dark fuscous, margined with yellow : the pectoral and ven- 

 tral are pale fuscous. The caudal fin is rounded. 



The anterior teeth in each jaw are considerably longer than the follow- 

 mgones. A row of pores surrounds the eyes, and another occupies the 

 margins of the pra-opereula; others are observed on the nose and 

 towards the vertex. The back is regularly arched. 



Length 3| inches, breadth | of an inch. 



