46 TELE08TEI. ACANTHOPTEEYGII. 



of the dorsal fin and a grey spot at the base of each spine and 

 ray ; anal spines grey, the membrane and rays black, except the 

 last two rays, which are white. 



Hob. Seas of India ; growing to at least 141 inches in length. 



785. (4.) Chrysophrys aries. 



Chrysophrys aries, Temm. 5f Sclileg. Faun. Japan., Poiss. p. 67, pi. 31 ; 



Day, Fish. India, Suppl p. 788. 

 Chrysophrys haffara, Cuv. $ Val. H. N. Poiss. vi, p. 308; Day, 



Fish. India, p. 142, pi. xxxv, fig. 1 (see synon.), not Sparus haffara, 



Forsk. 



D. 11/13. P. 15. A. 3/11. L. 1. 60. L. tr. 6-7/14. Caec. pyl.3. 



Length of head 4| to 4, height of body 2f in the total length. 

 Eyes diameter 3| to 4| in length of head, H to 2 diam. from 

 end of snout, and 1 apart. Dorsal profile much more convex than 

 abdominal ; a prominence over fore part of orbit ; posterior nostril 

 very elongated. Preopercle entire ; opercle with a spine. Teeth 

 six conical and compressed incisors in front of either jaw, some- 

 times only four in lower ; remaining teeth with rounded crowns, 

 the largest in the inner row, three rows in lower, four in upper 

 jaw. Fins dorsal spines rather weak, the fourth the highest. 

 Pectoral longer than head ; anal spines comparatively weak, the 

 second a little the strongest and slightly the longest; caudal lobed. 

 Scales five rows between the eye and the angle of the preopercle, 

 a very long one at base of ventral tin. Colour silvery, with 

 golden bands along each row of scales as in Q. sarba ; usually no 

 black mark on the shoulder ; fins grey, ventral and anal almost 

 black. 



Hob. Eed Sea and Sind to China ; the largest specimen I ob- 

 tained in Sind measured 12 inches in length. 



786. (5.) Chrysophrys bifasciata. 



Chaetodon bifasciatus, Forsk. Descr. Amm. p. 64. 

 Chrysophrys bifasciata, Day, Fish. India, p. 141, pi. xxxiv, fig. 5 

 (see synon.). 



D. 11/12-15. A. 3/10-11. C.19. L.I. 48-50. L.tr.7/15. C.pyl.2. 

 Length of head 3|, height of body 2| in the total length. Eyes 

 diameter 4| in length of head, l| to 2 diam. from end of snout, 

 and lj apart. Dorsal profile more convex than abdominal; a 

 slight elevation above the anterior angle of the eye. Teeth six 

 large compressed incisors in front of upper and four in lower jaw ; 

 five rows of rounded molars along sides of upper and four in lower 

 jaw. Fins dorsal spines strong, increasing in length to fifth, rays 

 scarcely higher than spines ; pectoral a little longer than the head ; 

 second anal spine much the strongest and equal in length to third ; 

 caudal forked. Colour silvery, with dark lines along each row of 

 scales on the body, and two vertical black cross bands, the first 

 through eye, the second over hind edge of opercle ; a yellow band- 



