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TEUTHIDIM. 
Family TEUTHIDID^E. 
TEUTHIS, L. 
160. Teuthis corallina. [703.] 
Amphacantlius corallinus, Cuv. fy Val. x. p. 139 ; Mull. &; Schley. Verh. Overz. Bezitt. Vissch. p. 10, 
pi. 2. f. 2. 
Teuthis corallina, Gunth. Fish. iii. p. 316. 
Seychelles. Molucca Sea. 
161. Teuthis stellata. [275, 488.] 
Scarus stellatus, Forsk. p. 26. no. 10. 
Amphacanthus stellatus, Bl. Sc/m. p. 209 ; Rupp. N. TV. Fische, p. 129. 
punctatus, Rupp. All. Fische, p. 46, pi. 11. f. 2 (not Bl. Schn .) . 
nuchalis, Cuv. Val. x. p. 140. 
Teuthis stellata, Gunth. Fish. iii. p. 320. 
Zanzibar. Red Sea. Ceylon. 
162. 
Teuthis rostrata. Plate X. fig. 2. 
[630.] 
? Teuthis rostratus, Cuv. Sf Val. x. p. 158. 
D. 
13 
10 * 
The height of the body is contained thrice and a half in the total length, the length 
of the head five times and a half in the same ; caudal deeply forked, the length of one 
of its central rays being two-fifths of that of the outer ones. The soft portion of the 
cheek, between the orbit, the prseopercular limbs, and the snout, is lower than the orbit, 
and twice as long as high. There are from sixteen to seventeen teeth on each side of 
the upper and lower jaws. The anterior edge of the orbit is scarcely serrated. The 
spines of the fins are of moderate length and strength, the fifth of the dorsal being not 
quite half as long as the head, and a little longer than the snout, which is somewhat 
more produced than in the other species. 
Ground-colour bluish, with numerous yellow vermiculated streaks broken up into 
spots on the anterior part of the body * ; spinous portions of the fins brown, rays of the 
dorsal and anal with broad brown cross bands. Caudal lobes with several indistinct 
brownish cross bands. 
Length 10 inches. 
Zanzibar. \ Red Sea. 
As these disappear in preserved specimens, they are not shown in the figure. 
