1052 Catalogue of Malayan Fishes. [Oct. 



Corvina soldado, (Lacepede.) 

 Holocentre soldado, Lacepede, IV. 344, 373. 

 Russell CXVII. Telia Katchelee. 



Corvina* miles, Cuvier and Valenciennes, V. 94, IX. 474. 

 Scisena argentea, Kuhl and Van Hasselt MS. Cuv. and 



[Val. V. 95. 

 Adult. Head above and back iridescent greyish green ; lighter, 

 silvery on the cheeks, preopercle and sides ; opercle steel-blue in the 

 centre ; abdomen pearl-coloured ; membrane of dorsal spines transpa- 

 rent, minutely dotted with black and brown, and with black margins ; 

 membrane of the rays near the root, and in front of each ray, with a 

 small brownish spot ; upper third minutely dotted with brown, the 

 margin black ; ventrals whitish ; the rest of the fins pale yellowish 

 white, the membranes and rays minutely dotted with black on the 

 marginal half, so closely as to impart a general blackish colour. Iris 

 silvery, upper orbital half bluish black. 



Young. Of general lighter colours ; fins of a deeper yellow ; anal 

 spines and three anterior rays and their membrane dotted with brown. 

 D 10—1/29 or 9—1/30, C 17J-, A 2/7, V 1/5 P 16 or 17, Br. VII. 

 Habit. — Sea of Pinang. 



Java, Tenasserim, Coromandel, Bombay. 

 Total length : 2 feet. 



The length of the head is about 4^ in the total ; the depth at oc- 

 ciput \ less than the length. The oblique diameter of the eye is a 

 little less than J of the length of the head ; the distance from the 

 muzzle equals the diameter of the eye. The vertical diameter, in front 

 of the dorsal, slightly exceeds the length of the head. The air-vessel 

 is about ^ of the total length, elongated oval, with numerous lateral 

 branching appendages, which increase in length towards the posterior 

 extremity. Four pores appear under the -symphysis of the lower jaw. 

 Small individuals occur at Pinang at all seasons ; larger ones but rarely. 

 The fish is eaten by the natives, and the few air-vessels procurable, are 

 valued as good isinglass. M. Dussumier found this species abundant 

 at Bombay. 



Gen. Umbrina, Cuvier, 1817. 

 Differs from Johnius in having a cirrus under the symphysis of the 

 lower jaw. 



* Misprinted " Scicena." 



