PSETTUS. 



121 



anal rays blackish ; young with 7 or 8 brown vertical streaks, the first 

 passing through the eye, and a broader band round the caudal peduncle. 



Total length 160 millim. 



From the Red Sea to South Africa, eastwards to Polynesia. — Type in 

 Paris Museum. 



R. J. Cuninghame, Esq. (P.). 

 Mr. T. Ayres (C). 



.1. M. Leslie, Esq. (P.). 

 Major H. Trevelyan (P.). 



1. 



Ad. 



Red Sea. 



2. 



Ad. 



Mombasa. 



3- 



-4. Ad. 



Durban. 



5- 



-6. Yg. 



Illovo R., near Durban, 

 in fresh water. 



7. 



Ad. 



Algoa Buy. 



8- 



-14. Hgr. 



R. Chalnmna, near King 

 Williamstown, 12 miles 

 from sea. 



15. 



Skel. 



R. Ghalumna. 



Fig. SO. 



Psettus faleijainuis. 

 Algoa Bay. |. 



2. PSETTUS ARGENTEUS. 

 Chcetodon argeuteus, Linn. Amonn. Acad. iv. p. 249 (1759), and Syst. Nat. i. p. 4G1 



(176(5). 

 Scomber rhombeus, Forsk. Deser. Anim. p. 58 (1775). 

 Centrogaster rhombeus, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. p. 1338 (1788). 

 Centropodus rhombeus, Lacep. Hist. Poiss. iii. p. 304 (1802). 

 Acanthopodus argenteus, Lacep. op. cit. iv. p. 558. 



