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2nd. Plate 28. quar. Fig. 3—Apistus monopacty us, Cuv. ; Scorpena mono- 
: dactyla, Bl. and Schn. c ° . 106 
Plate 29. Fig. 1.—Scr#na aquitta; S. umbra,Cuy. 5 . 109 
Fig. 2.—Corvina Furcaa, Cuv. A 4 . 110 
Fig. 3.—JoHNIUS SENEGALENSIS, Cuv. . . . 110 
Fig. 4.—Head of the Orottruus RuBER, Cuv. . 5 - 109 
Fig. 5.—Head of the ANcyLopon parvipinnis. A new species from 
the Coast of Cayenne. 110 
Fig. 6.—Head of the Umarina cororpEs. Anew species from Brazils 110 
Fig. 7.—Head of the PoGonras FascIATUs . C « VE 
2nd. Plate 29. Fig. 1.—Nomeus Peroni (The Shepherd Fish) 5 . 131 
Fig. 2.—Caranx poops (Zhe False Mackerel or Carungul) . 132 
Fig. 3.—Gatius Aieypriacus (The Egyptian Gallus) - 133 
109 
Plate 29. bis. Fig. 1.—Orotiruus r@rox, Cuv. < ; 3 
Fig. 2.—Ovrotiruus Guatucupa; Otolithus striatus, Cuv. (The 
Striped Ololithe) . c - 109 
Fig. 3.—Corvina Lopara, Cuv. . . . 109 
Plate 29. ter. Fig. 1.—CurrLopacryLus CARPONENNIS, Cuy. . . 1125 
Fig. 2.—ScoLopsiDEs LYCoGENIS, Cuv. 5 . 113 
Fig. 3.—D1aGRAMMA GATERINA, Cuv. c : Sy 
2nd. Plate 29. ter. Fig. 1—CH#&Topon striGANnGutus, Sol. 6 - 120 
Fig. 2.—CuH &T0DON LUNULA 0 : 9 . 120 
Fig. 3.—Cu &ropon EPHIPPIUM, Cuy.* - 120 
Plate 30. Fig. 1.—EaQurs BALTEATUS 3 : 5 Sb 
Vig. 2.—Lopores ERATE : : - 112 
Fig. 3.—Head of the HuMULION HETERODON : lll 
Vig. 4.—Head of the Pristipoma BILINEATUM 3 2, 
Fig. 5.—Head of the DiAGRAMMA ORIENTALE 3 Sa 
Plate 30. bis. Fig. 1.—LeEt1osromus HUMERALIS, ; or Johnius humeralis, Cuy.. 110 
Fig. 2.—Nepris micrors, Cuv. (The Small-eyed Nebris)+ sah0 
Fig. 3.—Corvina DENTEX (The Many-tooth Corvina) ‘ eo 
but remains rather further from the caudal: the latter is rounded and composed of 
twelve entire rays, with some shorter ones above and below, The pectoral, very sharp 
of less than a quarter of the total length, bas twelve rays, all branched. The ventral 
composed as usual, and half attached, is one fourth shorter, 
The body of this little fish when it begins to dry, shows some very small scales, as 
if absorbed in the skin; its epidermis forms very fine vertical wrinkles, The 
lateral line is straight, and on the upper fifth, is marked by oblique tubercles. The 
general colour appears to be a red brown, dotted with white on the sides of the head 
and under the jaw, which changes to a silvery white under the throat and breast 
The dorsal is crossed almost vertically by four or five irregular blackish bands, 
among which are small grey lines. The anal has two or three of these bands and 
the same lines between them. There is one at the base of the caudal; on the rest 
of which are lines of brown dots, slightly marked on a white ground The 
pectoral is also crossed by lines of dots or little brown spots; the ventral is whitiel 
and at the end black ; sometimes it has also a blackish spot crosswise. The indivi- 
dual from which our figure is taken, measured two inches and a half lon 
* A new species found by M.M. Lesson and Garnot, 
S- 
near ; ‘] 
Islands. ear one of the Society 
+ A new species from the neighbourhood of Surinam, which differs in a few sim- 
