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FISHES OF INDIA. 
Page 233. Trachynotus eussellii. Add synonym. 
Tracliynotus cojppingeri, GiintEer, FisE. Alert Expedition, I88I-2, p. 29, pi. iii, f. A. 
Page 234. Trachynotus ovatus. Add synonym. 
Trachynotus hennedyi, Steind. SB. Ak. Wein. Ixxii, p. 75, f. 9. 
Page 237. Psenes javaniCUS. Add synonym. 
Psenes guamensis, GiintEer, FiscEe Sndsee, ii, p. 145, t. xci, f. 100. 
Page 244. Add Gazza argentaria. 
Zeus argentarius (Forster) BlocL, ScEn. p. 96 ; Forster, Descr. Anim. p. 288. 
Gazza tapeinosoma, Bleeker, Sumatra, p. 260. 
„ argentaria, GuntEer, CataE ii, p. 506, FiscEe Sudsee, ii, p. 144, pi. xci, f. B. ; Khinz. 
F. R. M. p. 108. 
JEguula dentex, Peters, FisE. Moss. p. 246 (not 0. V.). 
LengtE of Eead 3| to 4, of caudal fin 5, EeigEt of body 2i to 2\ in. of tEe total lengtE. 
F/ye— diameter ^ of tEe lengtE of tEe Eead, 2/3 of a diameter from tEe end of tEe snout. 
Teeth — canines of moderate size. Fins — first dorsal EigEer tEan tEe second. Colours — 
body grayish, with some dark lines passing along the rows of scales, light-coloured on the 
chest ; dorsal, anal, and ventral fins nearly black, caudal of a dull yellow. 
BaUtat. — Red Sea, Madras to the Malay Archipelago. A coloured figure named Fsani 
pare, Tamil, exists among the late Sir W. Elliot’s drawings. 
Page 250. Scomber microlepihotus. Add synonyms. 
Bconiber loo, Guv. and Val. viii, p. 52. 
„ moluccerisis, Bleeker, Amboina, p. 40. 
Page 251. Add Scomber janesaba. 
Scomber pneumatophorus minor, ScEleg. Fauna Japon. Pisces, p. 94, pi. xlvii, f. 2. 
„ janesaba, Bleeker, Japan, p. 406, and Verb. Bat. Gen. xxvi Japan. 
Gunther, Catal. ii, p. 359. 
p. 
96 
B. vii, D. 9-10 I I V-VI,P.22,V. 1/5, A. 1 | | ,V-VI, L.l. ca. 180. 
LengtE of Eead 3f, of caudal fin 7j, EeigEt of body 7 in the total length. Byes — 
diameter 3| to 4| in the lengtE of the Eead, 1| diameters from the end of the snont, and 
1 apart. Snout more pointed than in S. microlepidotus. Teeth — in jaws stronger than in 
the last species, and well developed on the vomer and palatines. Colours — similar to 
those in the last species, with the addition of two or more rows of dark spots along the 
back and also some transverse streaks. 
Habitat. — Persian Gulf to Japan. 
Page 263. Add Percis cyltndrica. 
Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1888, p. 260. 
B. vi, D. 5/21, P. 15, Y. 1/5, A. 17-18, C. 15, L. 1. 44, L. tr. 2|/9. 
LengtE of Eead 4, of caudal fin 5|, EeigEt of body 5j in the total lengtE. Byes — ■ 
diameter 31 in the lengtE of the Eead, 1 diameter from the end of the snout, and 1 of a 
diameter apart. The greatest width of the Eead equals its lengtE, excluding the snout. 
Cleft of mouth very slightly oblique : lower jaw a little the longer : the posterior 
extremity of the maxilla reaches to beneath the first third of the orbit, TEe greatest 
depth of the preorbital equals one-third of the diameter of the eye. All the opercles 
entire : a well-marked spine on the opercle and another on the subopercle, no shoulder 
sj^ine. Teeth — two enlarged ones on either side, above the symphysis of the lower 
jaw : fine ones on the vomer. Fins — second dorsal spine the longest, equalling 
three-fourths of the diameter of the eye. Pectoral nearly as long as the head. Ventral 
one-fourth longer than the Eead, reaching the base of the seventh anal ray. Caudal 
slightly rounded. Colours — reddish-brown, with five wide and dark vertical bands, 
extending from the back to the lower surface, these bands being darkest at their edges 
and disappearing about the middle of the body, where there are also some dark spots. A 
brown ocellus at the upper part of the base of the caudal fin, which has some brown spots 
on it. Numerous brown spots on the snout and upper surface of the head and cheeks, 
some on the upper edge of the eye, where there are two dark narrow bands. Yentrals 
white. First dorsal fin nearly black between the spines : soft dorsal and anal with fine 
dots between the rays. 
Habitat. — Two small specimens from the Andamans. 
