38 TELEOSTEI. ACANTHOPTEBTGII. 



brown blotch behind posterior upper angle of eye ; narrow oblique 

 dark bauds from the eye and opercle to the upper jaw ; a large 

 blotch on the opercle. Inside of mouth orange. The centre of 

 each scale with a blue spot, darkest externally; about eight faint 

 vertical bands descend from the back towards the middle of the body, 

 and usually a dark blotch is apparent between pectoral fin and 

 lateral line. A black spot at base of each dorsal ray, and the fin 

 lightly banded ; ventrals slate-coloured ; some indistinct vertical 

 bands on the caudal. 



ffab. Eed Sea, coasts of India, Malay Archipelago and beyond; 

 attaining to at least 12 inches in length. 



774. (2.) Lethrinus cinerens. 



Lethrinus cinereus, Cuv. $ Vol. H. N. Poiss. vi, p. 293 ; Day, Fish. 

 India, p. 135 (see synon.). 



D. 10/9. P. 13. A. 3/8. C. 17. L. 1. 47-48. L. tr. 6/17. 



Length of head 3|, height of body 3 to 3J in the total length. 

 Eyes diameter 3| to 4 in length of head, 1 diam. from end 

 of snout, and nearly 1 apart. Teeth 4 small curved canines in 

 upper and 6 in lower jaw ; the lateral teeth conical and somewhat 

 irregular in size, especially in the lower jaw ; the posterior lower 

 teeth with rounded crowns. Fins dorsal spines increasing in 

 length to 4th and 5th ; 2nd and 3rd anal spines about equal and as 

 high as the 3rd dorsal ; caudal forked, lobes pointed. Colour 

 olive-brown, a quadrauglar black blotch between pectoral fin and 

 lateral line; faint vertical bands more or less broken up on the 

 body ; numerous white or blue spots on scales in upper half of first 

 two thirds of body ; dorsal fin with brown spots and a red outer 

 margin ; pectoral pinkish ; ventral slate-coloured ; anal similar to 

 second dorsal; caudal with 3 faint brown vertical bands, most 

 distinct in the young. 



Hob. Seas of India, to the Malay Archipelago and beyond ; my 

 longest specimen from Madras was 9 inches long. 



775. (3.) Lethrinus karwa. 



Lethrinus karwa (Russell), Cuv.fy Vol. H. N. Poiss. vi, p. 311 ; Day, 



Fish. India, p. 135, pi. xxxiii, fig. 2 (see synon.). 

 Karwa, Tel. 



D.10/9. P. 13. V. 1/5. A. 3/8. C.17. L. 1. 48. L.tr.6/17. 



Length of head 3^ to3|, height of body 3| in the total length. 

 Eyes diameter in the adult 4 to 4| in length of head, 24 diam. 

 from end of snout, and 1 apart. Head rather higher than long. 

 Teeth four large and strong canines on each side in both jaws ; 

 in the adult all lateral teeth in upper jaw with rounded crowns ; in 

 the lower jaw the first five teeth are more or less conical and 



