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ACANTHOPTBRYGII. 



length of head, 1 to 1| diameters from end of snout, and from IJ to 1^ apart. The maxilla reaches to below the 

 middle or last third of the orbit. Preorbital and preopercle very finely serrated along their lower edges. Teeth— 

 viUiform in the jaws, vomer, and palate. Jfas— dorsal spines strong, the third the longest and equal to from If 

 to 2/6 in the length of the head. Anal commences below the first dorsal spine, the third spine the longest and 

 equal to from 2^ to 3| in the length of the head. Pectoral as long as the head without the snout. Caudal 

 rather emarginate. Scales — 24 rows between the snout and base of the dorsal fin : five rows between the lateral 

 line and base of the last dorsal spine. CoZows— brownish shot with golden : four triangular black blotches 

 pass downwards from the back to the lateral-line, most developed in the young. Fins dark. 



EahUat.—RedL Sea, seas of India, to the Malay Archipelago and beyond. The t-jvo specimens described 

 are 3| and 91 inches in length from the Andaman islands. 



EtJIN OP POKTUGUESE CATHEDEAI. AT COCHIN (1864.) 



