BERYCID2E. 
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163. Teuthis nebulosa. Plate X. fig. 3. [26.] 
Amphacanthus nebulosus, Quoy fy Gaim. Voy. Uran. Zool. p. 3G9 ; Cuv. Veil. x. p. 164. 
maculosus, Quoy Gaim. f. c. p. 379. 
gymnopareius, Richards. Ann. § Mag. Nat. Hist. 1843, xi. p. 174. 
olivaceus, Cuv. fy Val. x. p. 163. 
Teuthis nebulosa, Giinth. Fish. iii. p. 321. 
T) 13 A 7 
JJ. 1Q . A. 9 . 
The height of the body is one-third of the total length, and the length of the head 
one-fourth of that without caudal. The snout is not much longer than the eye. The 
soft portion of the cheek, between the orbit, prseopercular limbs, and snout, is two-thirds 
as high as long. There are twelve teeth on each side of the upper and lower jaws. 
The anterior margin of the orbit is obtusely denticulated. The spines of the fins are of 
moderate length and strength, the fifth of the dorsal being half as long as the head. 
Caudal fin deeply emarginate. 
Body and vertical fins greyish olive, irregularly marbled with darker. Caudal with 
inconspicuous dark cross bands. 
Length 6 inches. 
Aden. Zanzibar. Island of Johanna. Mauritius. Australia. 
Family BERYCIDiE. 
MYRIPRISTIS, Cuv. & Val. 
164. Myripristis murdjan. [83, 207.] 
Scisena murdjan, Forsk. p. 48. 
Myripristis murdjan, Cuv. <5f Val. iii. p. 177, vii. p. 495; Giinth. Fish. i. p. 21. 
Var. a. Red, each scale with a reddish silvery centre; opercular membrane deep red; 
fins red. 
Var. b. Resembles M. par vi dens (Cuv. & Val. iii. p. 173). It differs from var. a in 
having the denticulations of the upper maxillary very feeble, in the scapulary being 
entire, and in the more feeble strise on the interoperculum. 
Zanzibar. Aden. Bed Sea. Amboyna. 
165. Myripristis adustus. [191,452.] 
Myripristis adustus, Bleek. Nat. Tydschr. Ned. Ind. 1853, Amboijna, iii. p. 18; Giinth. Fish. i. p. 22. 
D. 10 A. L. lat. 28-30. L. transv. 3/7. 
Zanzibar. Amboyna. 
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