440 TELEOSTEI. ANACANTHINI. 



brownish or purplish black, the vertical fins edged with white ; a 

 light band usually across free portion of tail. Cross bands have 

 likewise been observed on the body. 



Hob. That of the genus. This fish attains at. least 16 inches in 

 length. 



2. Genus CITHABICHTHYS, Bleeker. 

 Syn. Psettichthys, Girard. 



Gill-membranes broadly united at the throat. Cleft of mouth 

 wide, and equally developed on both sides ; the maxilla more than 

 one third of the length of the head. Eyes on the left side and on 

 the same level. Teeth in jaws in a single row, without canines ; 

 none on vomer or palatines. Dorsal fin commences on the snout, 

 and is not confluent with the caudal; its rays simple. Pectorals 

 present. Scales small, deciduous, and ctenoid, or cycloid. Lateral 

 line straight. 



Geographical Distribution. Madras, tropical parts of Atlantic. 



1316. (1.) Citharichthys aureus. (Fig. 156.) 

 Citharichthys aureus, Day, Fish. India, p. 422, pi. xc, fig. 3. 

 B. vi. D.82. P. 10. V. 6. A. 70. C. 15. L.I. 83. 

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

 diameter 6 in the length of head, 1 diain. from end of snout and 

 also apart. Jaws of equal length anteriorly. Fins anterior 



Fig. 156. Citharichthys aureus. 



dorsal spine elongate, commencing on snout, and rather longer 

 than head ; middle dorsal rays f length of head. Caudal free and 

 pointed. Two short ventrals not united to anal; fin-rays not 

 scaled. Lateral lines two on coloured side, straight, divided bv 

 about 13 rows of scales. Colour orange, with two brown blotches 

 on the lateral line and some cloudy markings on the body ; vertical 

 fins with dark edges. 



Hob. Madras, where a single specimen was captured. 



