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behind Avhich is the deep groove which I have mentioned, and 

 behind this again are numerous series of smaller but similar 



NEOTEPHE030PS ZEBRA. 



The height is about three and one-third times in the total 

 length, and the head nearly five times in the same ; the orbit 

 is four and one-half times in the length of the head ; this 

 is entirely covered with small scales, except on its upper sur- 

 face, which is naked, and covered with pores. Body oval; 

 scales numbering about 79 on the longitudinal line, and about 61 

 on the transverse one ; those of the back and of the lower parts 

 of the belly are very small, and very difficult to count ; the scales 

 are all ciliated on their outer edge, and have concentric lines on 

 their surface. The dorsal is formed of 14 spines and 13 rays ; the 

 caudal is rather emarginated, and has 15 long rays, with 4 shorter 

 ones, on each side ; the anal has three rather slender spines — the 

 first much shorter than the others, which are almost equal ; the 

 branched rays number 12, and the pectorals 17. 



The general colour is of a dark grey ; the back almost black, 

 with eight or nine transverse, black, and broad stripes ; the fins 

 have a dark, yellowish tinge, and the pectorals are of a lighter 

 colour ; the sides of the head are purple ; the eye white and 

 silvery. 



Some specimens have fifteen rays at the dorsal. 



This fish appears to be the Crenidens Zebra of Richardson 

 (" Erebus and Terror" p. 70), described from a drawing taken 

 at King George's Sound. The difference in the number of rays 

 (D. 11/15) being probably due to a mistake of the draughtsman. 

 I have several specimens of this sort from 4 to 7 inches long, 

 and one of nearly 13. 



PAGRTTS. 



Genus formed by Cuvier on large and beautiful fishes, a few of 

 which are found in the Mediterranean, but most of which inhabit 

 the Cape of Good Hope and the Chinese Seas. In many of the 

 sorts, the old males are remarkable by a sort of gibbosity which 

 grows over the forehead. 



