SCLENA HOLOLEPIDOTA.— -Cuv. & Val. 
Pisces. — Plate XY. 
S. capite cceruleo-purpureo, rutilo, flavo et flavo-viridc nebulato ; dorso, lateribusque supra lineam latoralem 
aurantio-carneis effuse purpureo-variegatis, ambobu3 antice viridi-coeruleo splcndentibus ; lateribus 
infra lineam lateralem pallide carneis yiridi-purpureo prseoipue versus caudam umbratis. Oculis 
cceruleo-purpureo et flavo-coloribus in forma annulorum ordiuatis. 
Longitudo ab apice nasi ad pinnae caudalis extremitatem 3 ped. 
Sci.t.na Hololepidota, Cue. & Val. Hist. Nat. des Poissons, tom. v. p. 33. 
Labeus Hololepidotus, Lacepecle ? Hist. Nat. des Poissons, tom. iii. p. 44S. pi. 21. fig. 2. 
Colour. — The upper and lateral parts of the head bluish purple, the 
former flashed with resplendent aurora-red, the latter mottled with clouds or 
shades of pale saffron-yellow and oil-green; the sides of the lower jaw and 
the under surface of the head pale flesh-red. The back near to the head, 
and the sides of the body above the lateral line, immediately under the portion 
of the back referred to, resplendent greenish blue ; the other parts of the back 
and of the sides above the line a colour intermediate between flesh-red and 
Dutch-orange, freely and extensively variegated however w ith shades and 
tints of imperial purple, which are most distinct anteriorly. The sides below 
the lateral line are a light flesh-red, strongly shaded, particularly towards the 
tail, with greenish purple ; belly pale flesh-red, inclining to reddish white. 
The first dorsal fin and the basal third of the second a tint intermediate 
between pearl-grey and flesh-red the other two-thirds of the second dorsal 
fin shaded with dull reddish purple ; the pectoral fins are a pale pearl-grey, 
tinted towards the tips with gamboge-yellow; the ventral fins pearl-grey, 
sparingly clouded with yellow. The anal and caudal fins are flesh-red, 
shaded longitudinally with dull reddish purple. Eyes bright bluish purple, 
and primrose-yellow ; the colours disposed in rings ; the outer ring purple, 
the inner ring yellow. 
Form, &c. — Figure elongated subovate ; dorsal outline anterior to the first 
dorsal fin oblique and slightly arched, from the commencement of the first 
dorsal to the hinder extremity of the second dorsal, slightly sloping down- 
wards ; from the last-named point it is nearly straight to within a short dis- 
tance of the caudal fin, and posterior to the straight portion it extends 
