THERAPON.— CORVINA. 



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rays more than ^ as long as longest. Scales 80-90 ^^z-^. Silvery, back 

 olive ; thrre olive-brown or blackish streaks on each side, the upper 

 below the spinous dorsal, the second from the nape to the caudal 

 peduncle, the third from the occiput to the caudal ; fins white or pale 

 yellow ; a large black blotch on the spinous dorsal, a smaller one at the 

 tip of the soft dorsal ; caudal with five blackish bands, one along the 

 middle rays and two pairs converging posteriorly. 



Total length 250 millim. 



From the Red Sea and the East Coast of Africa to China and the 

 North Coast of Australia, the Solomon Islands, Samoa, and Fiji ; entering 

 rivers. 



Marquis G. Doria (P.). 



W. n. Ogilvie-Grant, Esq., & 



Dr. H. 0. Forbes (P.). 

 R. J. Cuninghame, Esq. (P.) 

 Dr. Livingstone (P.). 

 Sir L. Playfair. 



?) 

 Sir J. Kirk. 

 — Sergeant, Esq. (P.)- 



Fara. 4. SCI^.NID^. 



Differing from the Serranidae in the anal fin being very much shorter 

 than the soft dorsal and with one or two spines only ; palate toothless. 



Mostly marine and represented over the greater part of the world. 

 Two genera in African fresh waters : — 



No canine teeth 1. Corv'ma, Cuw, y^. 11.5. 



Canine teeth 2. Otolithus, Cliv., i*. 117. 



1. CORVINA. 



Cuv. Regne Anim. 2nd. ed. ii. p. 173 (1829) ; Cuv. & Val. Hist. Poiss. v. p. 86 

 (1830) ; Gunth. Cat. Fish. ii. p. 296 (1860). 



Body elongate, compressed ; scales moderate or rather small, ctenoid; 

 lateral line complete, extending to the extremity of the caudal fin. 

 Mouth large, protractile, more or less oblique; maxillary exposed, partly 

 or nearly entirely concealed when the mouth is closed ; teeth in villiform 



