134 Icthyohgical Gleanings in Madras. | No. 39, 



Chcetodonoctofasciatus.C. V.Munja cooli min,T. Rarely met with. 



Choetodon pretextaus Cantor. I possess a dried specimen which 

 appears to be this species. I had marked it as near omatissimus, 

 or reticulatus. 



I also have a drawing and the dried skin of another species 

 of choctodon which I procured at Tellicherry. It has the ground 

 color of the body a sort of lavender colour, line from the 1st 

 dorsal down to the muzzle yellow ; chin, throat and lower part of 

 face and aline from top of opercule to base of pectural, bright orange 

 membrane between the dorsal species yellow, with a blue spot which 

 continues on a line on the upper portion of the soft dorsal, and 

 also on the anal soft dorsal green with a yellow margin ; Anal and 

 Ventral yellow ; caudal lavender ; the rays purple, and margined on 

 the sides with yellow and exteriorly with orange; lips red. D. 14-26. 

 A. 3-23. Length 6 inches. 



Holocanthus insperator. C. V. Kulloo koli min, T. not unfre- 

 quently taken at Madras. 



Holacanthus semicircularis. C. V. I only once procured this 

 beautiful fish. I have drawings of two other Holacanthi, which 

 I did not identifiy. They are called indifferently Pati min, T. 



Scatophgus, argus, C. V. Sipili, T. Russ. 78. Very common in 

 the rivers and backwaters. 



Drepanus longimanus, C. V. Sipu tarate, T. Russ. 81. 



Drepanus punctatus. C. V. Pooli tarate, T. Russ. 79. 



Ephiphus orbis. C. V. Tarate T. 



Pagrus longifilis. C. V. Russ. 101. 



Pagrus spirifer. C. V. Both of these are named by the fishermen 

 Ponandilli. 



Dentex striatus C. V. Kandal min, T. Alternate longitudinal 

 bands of rosy and yellow, face purple ; dorsal purple beneath, yel- 

 low in the middle and rosy externally. Anal banded with pale rosy, 

 others tinged with rosy. I have seen another species apparently of 

 this genus which appears to resemble Russell's, fig. 107 referred 

 by C. V. to Cautharus. It was named Peroom kandal min, T. 



Pempheris mangula. C. V. Moonda kun karawa, T. Common at 

 Madras. 



Gerres filamentosus. C. V. Woodan T. Russ. 67, 



