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beLind which is the deep groove which I have mentioned, and 
behind this again are numerous series of smaller but similar 
ones. 
MOTEPHECEOPS ZEBEA. 
The height is about throe and one-third times in the total 
length, and the head nearly five times in the same ; the orbit 
is four and one-half times in the length of the head ; this 
is entirely covered with small scales, except on its upper sur- 
face, which is naked, and covered with pores. Body oval ; 
scales numbering about 79 on the longitudinal line, and about 61 
on the transverse one ; those of the back and of the lower parts 
of the belly are very small, and very difficult to count ; the scales 
are all ciliated on their outer edge, and have concentric lines on 
their surface. The dorsal is formed of 14 spines and 13 rays ; the 
caudal is rather emarginated, and has 15 long rays, with 4 shorter 
ones, on each side ; the anal has three rather slender spines — the 
first much shorter than the others, which are almost equal ; the 
branched rays number 12, and the pectorals 17. 
The general colour is of a dark grey ; the back almost black, 
with eight or nine transverse, black, and broad stripes ; the fins 
have a dark, yellowish tinge, and the pectorals are of a lighter 
colour ; the sides of the head are purple ; the eye white and 
silvery. 
Some specimens have fifteen rays at the dorsal. 
This fish appears to be the Grenidens Zebra of Richardson 
Q" Erebus and Terror,'” p. 70), described from a drawing taken 
at King Gleorge’s Sound. The difference in the number of rays 
(D. 11/15) being probably due to a mistake of the draughtsman. 
I have several specimens of this sort from 4 to 7 inches long, 
and one of nearly 13. 
PAaEUS. 
Genus formed by Cuvier on large and beautiful fishes, a few of 
which are found in the Mediterranean, but most of which inhabit 
the Cape of Good Hope and the Chinese Seas. In many of the 
sorts, the old males are remarkable by a sort of gibbosity which 
grows over the forehead. 
