1849.] Catalogue of Malayan Fishes. 1 203 



ish, towards the base of the dorsal and anal three rounded, distant, 

 black spots, edged with light grey ; on the rest of the body a few scat- 

 tered similar spots, also indistinctly ocellated ; pectoral greyish at the 

 base rest black ; rest of the fins pale ash-grey minutely mottled with 

 blackish. Pupil horizontally oval ; iris pale silvery round the pupil ; 

 the rest ash-grey. 



Left side. Brownish white ; opercles and abdomen lead grey ; fila- 

 ments about the head white ; fins buff. 



D 65, C 12 J, A 48, V 5, P 9, Br. VI. 



Habit : Sea of Pinang. 



China Seas, Canton. 



Total length : 3f inch. 



Right side. The length of the head is £ of the total. Both eyes 

 are nearly equal, £ of the length of the head ; the upper one occupies 

 the second-fifth ; the lower is removed slightly farther back, and 

 touches the upper lip ; the posterior angle of both eyes are situated a 

 little farther back than the angle of the mouth, the eyes are separated 

 by a sharp rest, the diameter of which is scarcely \ of the horizontal 

 diameter of each eye. The tongue and teeth resemble those organs of 

 S. humilis. The greatest vertical diameter of the body, at about the 

 middle of the dorsal is 2\ in the total length. On the diameter may 

 be counted about 76 scales. The latter are rough to the touch ; on 

 the radical part appear upwards of 16 radiating lines, some of which 

 are divided in two ; the centre of the posterior margin is armed with 

 from 9 to 12 fine spines. The lateral line proceeds straight in the 

 middle of the side from the gill-opening to the caudal ; it contains up- 

 wards of 95 scales, each with a minute central tube. The first dorsal 

 ray commences opposite the anterior angle of the upper eye ; the 

 longest rays, towards the middle of the fin slightly exceed ^ of the 

 length of the head. The anal resembles the dorsal. The rounded 

 caudal is distinct, but united by a membrane to the dorsal and anal ; 

 its length is £ of the head. The pectoral is elongated f of the length 

 of the head. The ventrals are nearly equal, about £ of the length of 

 the head. 



Left side. Numerous filaments appear on the lower lip and the 

 lower margin of the gill-cover. The left pectoral is but J of the right. 

 Single individuals occur at Pinang at all seasons. 



