260 MR. F. DAY ON THE FISHES OF INDIA. [May 1, 



In S. prceopereularis the colour differs, the lines being more or 

 less broken up into spots ; but if the smaller of the two specimens 

 (12 inches in length) is examined, it has the distinct remains of the 

 black lines which edge the bands on the head, as shown in my 

 ' Fishes of India,' while the opercular spines are similarly placed to 

 those in S. morrhua. 



As regards colours, it is hy no means unusual that vertical bands 

 in these fishes have a tendency to disappear, and horizontal lines to 

 break up into spots, and even entirely fade away. 



Grammistks punctatus, Cuv. & Val. 

 Sent by Dr. Bidie from Madras in 1883. 



LuTiANUs argentimaculatus, Forsk. 



Meso]}rion garretti, GUnther, Fische d. Siidsee, p. 15, t. xiii. f. B. 



Apogon ellioti. Day. 



Jjwf/onarafurce, Giinther, 'Challenger' Shore-fishes, 1880, p. 38, 

 pi. xvi. f. C. 



Synagris t^niopterus, Cuv. & Val. 



Synagris notatus, Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1870, p. 684. 



Gerres setifer, Ham.-Buch. 



Gerres altispinis, Giinther, Intr. Study of Fishes, with a figure. 



Pempheris malabarica, Cuv. & Val. 

 Pempheris mangula, Day, Fish. India, p. 175. 



Pempheris russelli. 



Pempheris molueca, Day, Fish. India, p. 175. 



This species is identical with Russell's fish, plate xiv., but not with 

 P. mangula, Cuv. & Val., a form figured in Giinther's Fische d. 

 Siidsee, t. lix. f. B, whereas Klunzinger's P. mangula differs again 

 from both species. 



Umbrna siNUATA, Day. 



Umbrina striata, Boulenger, P. Z.S. 1887, p. 660. 



Trachynotus russelli, Cuv. & Val. 



Trachynotus coppingeri, Giinther, Fish. Alert Exp. 1881-82, 

 p. 29, pi. iii. f. A. 



Psenes javanicus, Cuv. & Val. 



Psenes guamensis, Giinther, Fische d. Siidsee, ii. p. 145, t. xci. 

 f. 100. 



Percis cylindrica, sp. nov. 



B, vi. D. 5/21. P. 15. V. 1/5. A. 17-18. C. 15. L. 1. 44. 



L. tr. 2^/9. 

 Length of head 4, of caudal fin 5g, height of body 5^ in the total 



