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Rufty-brown : jaws and outer edge of the fms green 5 
tail even. 
Inhabits Arabia; body oblong-oval. 
Jcitos bifid in the middle, thin at the edge, blue-green -./aferal'. 
line doubk'j one near the back, the other in the middle, ter- 
minating at the end of the firR; pectoral fins rufty-brown ; 
ventral and anal violet ; dorfal and caudal yellowifh, tlie 
latter with long lanceolate fcales at the bafe. 
Dorf. 20 : feet, 13 : ‘vent. 6 : an. 12: caud. 13 rays. 
Jaws reddifii: body rufty-brown: fins more dullcy; taS 
even. 
Inhabits body narrow, oblong. 
7 aws cleft, a little moveable, not covered by the bps, and thin 
at the edge ; lateral lines 2, ftraight, one beginning where 
the other ends ; ventral fins violet ; dorfal brown, with .9 
fimple rays ; anal with 3 fimple rays ; pectoral with one 
fimple ray, and like the caudal yellowifir. 
Dorf. 20 ; pect. 14: vent. 6 ; an. 12: caud, 12 rays. 
yatl forked, the bafe covered with fcales in the middle. 
Inhabits Arabia; body beneath pale violet; fcales large 
aud lax. , 
Head aud throat naked; jaas eminent, cleft, the crenate 
edges in the lower fometimes enlargirig into 2 lubulate teeth ; 
upper tip longer, with a caninii conic tooth each fide; /fate- 
raZ /ine ftraight, double, one near the back, beginning at the 
nape and reaching to the end of the dorfal fin, the other in 
tlic reaching from the middle of the lide to the tail • 
pedoral fins yellowifti ; dorfal and anal pale Violet, coria- 
ceous ; taiZlunate, violet. 
Dorf. 10: pect. 15 ■ vent, 6 : an. 13 • eaud.^ 11 ra^s. 
eri. 
Golden, with 5 brown fpots each fide: back brownifli; 
tail nearly even. 
Inhabits Java; fize of Cyptinus rutilus; body compreffed, 
broad, covered entirely with large fcales. ^ 
Head a little thicker than the body, flattillr above ; eyes large 
iris tawny; mouth afeending; lower jaw loiiger, pala.te 
bony, rouVb, the arcbxarinate ; flat pointed the Up 
loofe ; pecforal fins pointed ; ventral triangular, joined to Ae 
