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1| apart. Fine pores visible over most of the scaleless portion of 

 the head. Teeth canines rather small, lateral row in jaws near the 

 front compressed and pointed, the posterior 6 or 8 rounded, the 

 first few larger. Fins dorsal spines increasing in length to 3rd 

 and 4th, which are not quite so long as the last rays. Second anal 

 spine strongest, but not so long as 3rd. which equals 2nd dorsal ; 

 caudal forked. Colour olive, with yellow longitudinal bands ; a 

 small violet spot in axilla. 

 Hob. Eed Sea and Ceylon. 



779. "(7.) Lethrinus harak. 



Sciaena harak, Forsk. Descr. Anim. p. 52, no. 63. 

 Lethrinus harak, Day, Fish. India, p. 137, pi. xxxiii, fig. 3 (see synon.). 

 Po-tang-dah, Andaru. 

 D. 10/9. P. 1 2. A. 3/8. C. 17. L. 1. 46-47. L. tr. 5|/15. Csec. pyl. 3. 



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

 Eyes diameter 3| to 4 in length of head, rather above 2 diam. 

 from end of snout, and 1 apart. Snout rather elongate and 

 pointed, having a slight swelling above anterior upper edge of eye. 

 Teeth canines in both jaws moderate ; the first four teeth in the 

 lateral row conically obtuse, whilst the hind teeth are large and 

 rounded. Fins dorsal spines increasing in length to 4th, which is 

 about equal to length of rays. Ventral just reaches anal spines, of 

 which the third is slightly the longest ; caudal forked. Colour 

 greenish olive, with an oblong blackish blotch below the lateral 

 line opposite the middle of the dorsal fin. 



Hab. Eed Sea, seas of India and the Malay Archipelago. 



4. Genus SPILffiRODON, Eiipp. 

 Syn. Chrysophrys, sp., Cuv. & Val. ; Monotaxis, Bennett. 



Branchiostegals six ; pseudobranchiae. Jaws with conical canines 

 in front and a single row of molars laterally. A siugle dorsal 

 fin with 10 spines, receivable into a groove at their base; 3 anal 

 spines. Scales of moderate size, extending on to the cheeks. 

 Pyloric appendages few. 



Geographical Distribution. Eed Sea and Indian Ocean. 



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 780. (1.) Sphaerodon grandoculis. 



Scisena graudoculis, Forsk. Desc. Anim. p. 53, no. 65. 

 Sphcerodon heterodon, Gimther, Cat. i, p. 465; Day, Fish. India, 

 p. 138, Suppl. p. 787 (see synon.). 



D. 10/10. P. 15. A. 3/9. C. 17. L. 1. 44-48. L. tr. 5/14. 

 Length of head 4, height of body 3| in the total length. Eyes 

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



