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SCORPIDID^. 



Fseitas rhomheus, Cav. & Val. Hist. Poiss. vii. p. 215 (1831) ; Val., Oav. Regne 



Anim. 111., Poks. pi. xlii. fig. 2 (1836). 

 Psettus argenteus, Richards. Ereb. & Terr., Fi.sh. p. 57, pi. xxxv. figs. 1-3 (1846) ; 



Gunth. Cat. Fish. ii. p. 487 (1860) ; Kner, Novara, Fische, p. 164 (1869) ; 



Klunz. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xx. 1870, p. 794 ; Day, Fish. Iiid. 



p. 235, pi. li. B. tig. 5 (1876) ; Gunth. Fische SuJsee, p. 140 (1876); Klunz. 



Fische Roth. Meer. p. 117 (1884), part. ; Douglas Ogilby, Ed. Fishes 



N. S. Wales, p. 91 (1893). 

 Monodactylus rhomheus, Cantor, Cat. Mai. Fish. p. 172 (1850). 

 Monodactylus argenteus, Bleek. & Pollen, Fauna Madag., Poiss. p. 65 (1874). 



Depth of body \\ to H times in total length, length of head o to 



Fis. 90. 



Fseitas argenteus. 

 India, after Day (I. c). 



^2 



^3 



of tunes. Snout ninch shorter than eye, which is 2-^ to 3 times in 

 length of head and equal to or a little greater than interorbital width ; 

 maxillary extending to below anterior border or anterior fourth of eje ; 

 head entirely covered with very small scales. 17-19 gill-rakers on 

 lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal VIII 28-30 ; last spine f to f 

 length of head; anterior soft rays moderately produced. Anal III 

 20-32 ; third spine f to | length of head. Ventral reduced to a small 

 si)ine and 2 to 4 soft rays. Caudal feebly emarginate. Caudal peduncle 



