186/.] THE FISHES OF SEYCHELLES. 855 



83. T. MARGARITIFERA. 



Arnphacanthus margaritifera^ C. & V. x. p. 145. 



Teuthis margaritifera, Giinth. Fish. iii. p. 317. 



Diagnosis. — Height of body rather more than one-third of the 

 total length. Caudal emarginate, the lobes pointed. 



Colour. — Brown, with rather large pale blue spots, those in the 

 middle of the sides are largest and have brown centres. Fins imma- 

 culate. 



Length 11 inches. Creole name " Cordonnier." 



Hab. Seychelles ; East-Indian archipelago. 



Berycid^. 



84. Myripristis pralinius, C. & V. 



85. HoLocENTRUM RUBRUM, Forsk. 



86. H. SPINIFERUM, C. & V. 



87. H. DTADEMA, Lacep. 



88. H. L^vE. 



//. Iceve, Giinth. Fish. i. p. 47, pi. 6. f. B. 



The specimen from Seychelles differs slightly from those in the 

 British Museum in the formula of the fins &c. ; the former has : — 



D. 10^. k.\. L. lat. 42. L. transv. 3/8. 



Hab. Seychelles ; Louisiade archipelago ; Salomon Islands ; Am- 

 boyna. 



89. HoLOCENTRUM CAUDIMACULATUM. 



Holocentrum spiniferum, Cuv. & Val. iii. p. 206, vii. p. 498 ; 

 Rupp. Atlas, Fische, p. 86, t. 23. f. 1 (not N. W. Fische). 

 Holoeentrus caudiviaculatus, Riipp. N. W. Fische, p. 97. 

 Holocentrum candimaculatum, Giinth. Fish. i. p. 41. 



D. 11114. A. |. L. lat. 40. L. transv. 3/7. 



Diagnosis. — Height of body contained thrice and a half, and length 

 of head thrice and two-thirds in the total length ; interocular space 

 five times and a half in the length of the head. Operculum with 

 two flat spines, the upper of which is largest. Third and fourth 

 dorsal spines longest ; the soft portion higher than the spinous, but 

 less than half the height of body. The upper maxillary bone does 

 not reach as far as the centre of eye. Upper caudal lobe longest, and 

 contained five times and a third in the total length. Third anal 

 . spine much longer and stronger than the fourth. Length of snout 

 equal to diameter' of eye. 



Colour. — Red, each scale with a vertical silvery crescent-shaped 

 stripe. A large silvery spot on the back of tail, behind termination 

 of dorsal, A dark red spot behind angle of prseoperculum. Fins 

 rosy ; the points of the lobes of the spinous dorsal, the anterior mar- 



