77S 
Bengakri- 
P, 
FISHES. THORACIC. 7. Chxtodcn. 
Body with 5 bay bands : dorfal fpines t^, anal 2. ^ 
Inlicibits Bengal j body broad, white ; fcales on the trUi' 
large. 
Iris ycllowilh-wliite ; aperture of the gilL large ; lateral 
nightly arched near the hack and interrupted at its 
vent nearen the tail ; Jns brown at the bale and edged 
blue. 
pcct, r6t vent, an, caud, 18 rays. 
Dor/, II 
Oitofafda. Body with 8 brown bands : dorfal fpines n, anal 3- 
Inhabits India ; body violet-white. 
Iris whitifh-yellow ; jaws prominent, equal; lateral 
nightly curs-cd ; vent in the middle of the body ; jins Ih®^’ 
browniOi at the bale ; dorfal and anal edged with bro'*'^’ 
the reft cinereous. 
Horf, ‘g ; pect, 16 : vent, j ; an, : caud, 12 rays. 
Annularis, Body brown with curved blue ftreaks : dorfal fpines 
anal 3 : lateral line with a fmall ring. 
Inhabits India; body coated with Imall fcales. t 
/mfdvery; gill-cover of 2 pieces, the anterior one toed' 
and Ipinous ; lateral line parallel with the back ; vent . 
middle of the body ; anal fin rounded, with a blue ban® ’ 
dorjal pointed, both deep brown, the reft white. 
iJ. II: p, 16; v,l-, a. c, 16 rays. , 
Collare, Head with 5 bands; dorfal fpines 12, anal 7. .j 
Inhabits Japan ; body blue, beneath yellowilh ; fcales on ^ 
trunk very large. 
Head Hoping down ; eyes large, iris blue ; lateral line bend’™ 
in an obtufe angle at the dorfal fin, and interrupted 
end ; pectoral fins yellow ; ventral cinereous, the reft 
lowifti edged with brown; dorfal with a yellow, 
with a brown band. 
pell, i.\-. vent. It an, rays. 
Mefomelas, Head with an ocular band ; dorfal fpines 12, anal 3 1 §‘*’' 
cover with i fpine. , 
Inhabits Japan : body oblong, round, the fore-part bln*’ 
white, the hind-part black ; fcales fmall. . -j 
£yes large; gill-cover of 1 pieces and armed with lefler 
befides the large one ; lateral line near the back ; vent in % 
middle of the body ; dorfal and anal fins black, th* 
white. 
Borf'p^i pect, t6: witf. an, caud, t6 lays. 
