256 GENUS SCUENA. 



not prominent ; the operculum, snout and head cover- 

 ed with thin scales, upou the sides of the body they 

 are oblique, small and crowded towards the neck, and 

 large towards the abdomen ; the base of the pectorals 

 and of the anal are furnished between the rays with 

 scales ; lateral line slightly arquated at its origin ; 

 colour in general golden-yellow, traversed by narrow 

 undulated bands of a bluish tint; these bands originate 

 at the back, and descend obliquely forward, they be- 

 come more perpendicular towards the tail ; anal, 

 caudal, and thoracics red at base ; the dorsal lightly 

 and delicately ornamented with a red band, orange 

 at the base of the rays ; the remainder of the mem- 

 brane of all the other fins, appears to have been 

 bluish, and like the anal irrorate with black points. 



B.— P. 20.— D. 9.— 30.— T. 6.— A. 2.— 11.— 

 C. 17. 



This individual was communicated to me, by 

 Messrs. Maclure, Ord, Say and Peale, who brought 

 it among their collections from Florida, in the dried 

 state. 



