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dorsal, caudal, anal and pectoral fins neutral tint, largely marbled with 

 black, and with numerous white spots ; ventrals neutral tint, posterior 

 half black ; points of all the rays white. Iris pale golden, dotted with 

 black and with radiating black bars. 



D 10 or 11/14 or 15, C 12f, A 2/13 or 14, V 1/5, P 14 or 15, 

 Br VII. 



Habit. — Sea of Pinang. 



Java, Pondicherry. 



Total length : 4f inch. 



M. M. Cuvier and Valenciennes count 9/15 in the dorsal fin. The 

 length of the head is about \ of the total ; the eye occupies the second 

 fourth from the muzzle. On the lateral line appears a series of distant 

 filaments, of which the anterior four are long, the rest fleshy, all with 

 the apex divided in two. The anterior half of the line proceeds from 

 the angle of the opercle obliquely upwards, the posterior half fol- 

 lows the back till the root of the caudal, where it bends obliquely 

 downwards to the centre of the fin, terminating horizontally near the 

 margin. This species is numerous at Pinang where, if used at all, it 

 is with other offal applied as manure. It is capable of living a con- 

 siderable time out of water. 



FAM. SPAROID.E. 

 Gen. Chrysophrys, Cuvier, 1829. 



Rounded molars on the sides of the jaws, disposed in the upper jaw 

 in at least three series ; in front some conical or blunt teeth ; bran- 

 chiostegous rays six. 



Chrysophrys calamara, Cuv. and Val. 



Russell XCII. Calamara. 



Chrysophrys calamara, Cuv. and Val. VI. 117. 



Head above blackish brown, the rest of the body silvery grey, the 

 scales minutely dotted and edged with brown ; spines, rays and fin 

 membranes grey, minutely dotted with brown, which gives the anal and 

 ventral membranes a blackish brown appearance. Iris silvery, minutely 

 dotted with brown, the upper margin black. 



D 11/10 or 11, C 19f, A 3/9, V 1/5 P 15, Br. VL 



Habit. — Sea of Pinang. 



Java, Madras, Vizagapatam, Malabar. 



Total length : 10 inch. 



