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HOLOCENTRUS ARGENTEUS. 



PrvM^" "H"** °^r 



Order, Thoracic. 



Native Name, v<jf ^_^-5^)j Pookoorowah. 



H. ARGENTEUS. Body silvery, with reddish-brown longitudinal lines. 



Branchiostegous rays 6. Dorsal 25, twelve spinous. Pectoral 14. Ventral 6, 

 one spinous. Anal 10, three spinous. Caudal 16. Pectoral, ventral, and 

 anal fins, yellow, tinged with red. Dorsal fin, neutral tint. Caudal fin, dark 

 indigo, inclining to black. 



The Pookoorowah of the Cingalese is a very delicious fish. It 

 seldom exceeds twelve or thirteen inches in length, inhabits rocky 

 situations, and abounds, at certain seasons, on the coasts of Ceylon. 



Figure—- The natural size of the Specimen. 



