18(37.] MR. F. DAY t)N NEW INDIAN FISHES, /OJ 



Eyes directed upwards and slightly outwards, f of a diameter from 

 end of snout, and rather more than 1 diameter apart. 



Body, in circumference largest anteriorly, gradually decreasing 

 towards the tail. Head depressed. Body compressed. 



Mouth oblique, closed anteriorly by the under jaw, so that it is 

 directed upwards ; the posterior margin of the upper jaw extends to 

 beneath the centre of the orbit. There are five ])raeopercular spines 

 at equal distances apart, the anterior of which is directed forwards. 

 The upper surface of the head nodulated, a moderately large supra- 

 scapular, and very large humeral spines. Praeorbital roughened, 

 large, and slightly constricted where its anterior joins its middle 

 third. 



Teeth villiform in jaws, vomer, and palate. 



Fins. Ventrals jugular. Pectoral large and rounded. Caudal 

 rounded. 



Scales minute, and having raised edges. 



Lateral line proceeds backwards from suprascapular spine, and, 

 passing along parallel with the back, arrives at the upper third of 

 the base of the caudal fin, when it bends down to its centre, hut is 

 not continued between its rays. 



Colours. Chestnut-brown, becoming bluish white on the abdomen. 

 The whole of the upper half of the head, front of lower jaw, and 

 body covered with bluish-white spots. Fins darkish grey, edged 

 with white. Ventral and anal lighter ; the upper three-fourths of 

 the first dorsal deep black. Eyes golden. 



ScorpjEna rosea, sp. nov. 



B. vii. D. 11/^. P. 17. V. 1/5. A. 3/5. C. 15. L. 1. 43. 

 L.tr. 7/18. 



Length of specimen 5 inches. 



Length of head \, of base of dorsal spines nearly \, of base of 

 dorsal rays ^, of pectoral \, of base of anal j"^, of caudal i of the 

 total length. Height of head \, of body ^, of dorsal sj)ines \, of 

 dorsal rays 4-, of ventral 4, of anal spines ^, of anal rays i^ of the 

 total length. 



Eyes. Orbits raised, with depressions anterior and posterior to 

 them, having also a deep concave interorbital groove, with an ele- 

 vated line on either side which does not become spiny. Diameter 

 of eye \ of length of head, | of a diameter from eye to eye, 1| dia- 

 meter from end of snout. 



Dorsal profile more convex than the abdominal. Plead com- 

 pressed. 



Snout rather elevated, a transverse depression between it and the 

 orbits. Cleft of mouth oblique ; posterior extremity of the maxilla 

 extending to beneath the centre of the orbit ; lower jaw the longest. 

 Posterior nostril circular, situated in the transverse groove behind 

 the snout, and having a short sharp spine a short distance ante- 

 rior to it ; the anterior nostril tubular, just anterior and external 

 to this spine, and having a broad fleshy tentacle above it, which is 



