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SCATOPHAGUS, Cuv. & Val. 
121. Scatophagus tetracanthus. [649.] 
Chaetodon tetracanthus, Lacep. iv. p. 727, iii. pi. 25. f. 2. 
Scatopliagus fasciatus, Cuv. <Sf Val. vii. p. 144. 
tetracanthus, Giinth. Fish. ii. p. 60. 
D. 10 
16’ 
A. 
14 - 15 ' 
The width between the eyes is contained twice and a third in the length of the head. 
The head is two-sevenths of the total length without caudal ; the greatest height of the 
body is above the first anal spine ; the fourth dorsal spine is about one-third of this 
height ; the prseorbital is not denticulated. 
Colour reddish olive, with six brown cross bands : the first from the nape, over the eye ; 
the second from before the first dorsal spine, over the operculum ; the third below the 
fourth to sixth dorsal spines ; the fourth below the last three dorsal spines ; the fifth 
below the middle of the soft dorsal ; and the sixth across the tail. 
Length 6 inches. 
Mouth of Pangani River, east coast of Africa. 
DREPANE, Cuv. & Val 
122. Drepane punctata. [ nl 0 
Chsetodon punctatus, L. Gm. p. 1243. 
Russell , pis. 79, 80, 81. 
Drepane punctata, Cuv. Val. vii. p. 132, pi. 179; Giinth. Fish. ii. p. 62; Kner, Novara , Fisch. 
p. 107. 
East coast of Africa. Red Sea, through Indian Ocean to north-west coast of Australia. 
Family NANDIDfE. 
PLESIOPS, Cuv. 
123. Plesiops nigricans. [643.] 
Pharopteryx nigricans, Rupp. Atlas, Fische , p. 15, t. 4. f. 2, and N. W. Fische, p. 5. 
Plesiops nigricans, Giinth. Fish. iii. p. 363. 
A single specimen, length 3§ inches, was found in fresh water at Johanna. Bed 
Sea. 
