MEMOIRS OF THE QVEEE SLxiEB MVSEVM. 
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Indo-Neerl., viii, 1S(H), Celebes, p. 3o ; Giiather, Brit. Mtis. Catal. Fish., ii, 1860, p. 49 ; 
Kner. Reise Novara, Zool., i, Fische, pt. i, 1865, p. 104 ; Bleeker, Nederl. Tijds. JJierk., 
ii, 1865, p. 287 ; Alleyiie ajid Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. 8. Wales, i, pt. 2, 1877, p. 277 ; 
Bleeker, Cerii. Akad. x^msterdain, xvii, 1877, Chaet., p. 140 ; id., Arch. Neerl. 8ci. Nat., 
xii, 1877, p. 22 ; id., Atlas lehth., ix, 1877, p. 66, pi. ccclxxii, fig. 2 ; Macleay, Proc. Linn. 
Soc. N. S. Whales, ii, pt. 4, 1878, p. 352 ; id., ibid., v, pt. 3, 1881, p. 395 {after Guniher) j 
id., ibid., vii, pt. 2, 1882, p. 244. 
Chceiodon resiinus Gronow, Catal., ed. Gray, 1854, p. 71 : “ in Oceaiio Indico.” 
Type locality: — Java. 
Depth of body 1-65 to 1*8 in its length ; dorsal contour 3 little less elevated 
than the ventral, its anterior profile linear a)id moderately acclivous from the 
lip to above the anterior third of the eye, tiumce rising more abruptly by a high 
convexity to the origin of the si>inons dorsal, along the liasc* of which it is feebly 
convex, while that of the soft forms an (wen (*nrve to the caudal peduncle; 
ventral contour ft'cbly concave to the throat, tlnmce evenly routided to the 
peduncle, the least dei)th of which is 7*1 in the length of the body. AVidth of 
head 1-3 to 14 in its length, which is 1*2 in its de])th and 34) in the body-length. 
Diameter of eye 2 to 2-2 in the length of the snout, which is 2*1 in that of the 
head; interorbital n^gion one third to two thirds Avider and one eighth to one 
fifth higher than the eye-diameter. Alaxillary not extending to below the anterior 
nostril; lower Jaw projecting. Preorbital entire, its Avidth one third to three 
sevenths more than the eye-diameter. Hinder limb of preoperele iirclined well 
backwards and rather w(‘akly serrated, lower limb with .sevei*al strong teeth 
decreasing in size from behind ; spine long and conspicuously grooved. 2 to 2;25 
in the length of the head, and extending beyond the pectoral axil. 
Seales feebly ctenoid, the exposed portion with fine often broken horizontal 
stria* and a mn-row s])innlose inframarginal band, the basal l)order inconspicu- 
ously lobulate, in 48 to 50 series above the lateral line and in 7 or 8/1/22 to 24 
between the spinous dorsal and the vent; s(|uamula‘ f)resent near the lateral line, 
which is complete and folloAvs 1he contour of the back; tubes with an ascending 
and a descending lobule, not (‘xtending to the mai'gin of the sf'ale. 
Dorsal fin originating above the pectoral axil, with xiii (rarely xiv) 20 
rays, the soft portion 1-5 in the spinous; spines graduated, the 1st short, 3-5 in 
the last, which is 1-85 to 2-1 in the long(‘st ray and one fifth to one sixth of the 
body-length; soft dorsal with obtusely cuneiform outline, tlie oth and 6th rays 
longest, exhmding, to the level of between the middle aiid end of the caudal hn, 
its hinder border obliquely truncate. Candal hn gently rounded, the middle 
rays a little longer than the ontei* and 4*25 to 5 in the length of the body. Anal 
fin with iii 18 or 19 rays, originating beloAV the 8th dorsal spine, the 1st spine 
2-2 in the last, which is 1*9 to 2-05 in the 7th ray and 6-15 to 6-7 in the body- 
length; soft anal as long as but mnch loAver and more obtuse than the soft dorsal, 
barely reaching to a hwel with the mhldle of the caudal. Pectoral Avith 19 rays^ 
its length 3-75 to 4 in that of the body, the 4tb ray longest, extending to below 
