PISCES THORACICI. PERCA. 
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No. CXXX. 
Perca cauda rotundata; spinis dorsalibus undecem; corpore oblongo-ovale.fasciis lalis flavis ; 
acideis duobus in medio operculi posterioris. 
The Perch with a rounded tail ; eleven dorsal spines; an oblong-oval body, with broad 
yellow bands ; two spines in the middle of the hinder operculum. 
Called by the Natives Suggalahtoo Bontoo. 
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B. vii. D. 25. P. 17. V. 6. A. II. C. IS. 
This fish agreeing in some respects with the three last described, differs in several others, besides shape and 
colour. 
The body is oblong-oval, more slender and compressed; the head narrower towards the rostrum; the first 
lamina of theopercula distinctly pectinate; the second has two spines, not on the margin, but on the middle, as 
in No. CXXVII.; the lateral line higher, and more the shape of the back; the dorsal and anal fins less rounded. 
The colour. The head and trunk very dark, nearly black; the lips spotted black and yellow ; some yellow 
spots on the face; the anterior lamina of the operculum yellow. A dusky yellow, oblong spot on the shoulder, 
and a broad, irregular, band of lighter yellow, crosses the middle of the trunk; between which and the caudal 
fin are two more yellow bands. Part of the dorsal and anal fins dusky, the rest yellow, with unequal, round, 
black spots. 
The length, eleven inches. 
No. CXXXI. 
Perca cauda rotundata; dorso diplerygio ; rostro acuto sursum jiexo ; operculis aculeatis. 
The Perch with a rounded tail; two dorsal fins; a sharp, turned up rostrum; and spines 
in the opercula. 
Called by the Natives Pandoomenoo. 
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B. vii. D. 7 — 1 4. P. 15. V. 6. A. 12. C. 1 8. 
The body oblong, roundish, compressed; scales large, somewhat square, with a round, ciliate margin, loose. 
The head small, compressed, pointed, squamous; rostrum short, turning upward. The mouth very oblique, 
large, wide; lips thickish. Jaws nearly of equal length, without long teeth, but both rough like a fi 1 e. The 
tongue thin, hard, obtuse, free. The palate rough, like the jaws. Eyes supreme, near the rostrum, oval, 
moderate size. Nostrils double, nearer the orbit than the point of the rostrum, oval, the posterior, (as usual) 
largest. 
The opercula squamous, the anterior lamina serrate, and the lower angle armed with three spines; the pos¬ 
terior acuminate, and has a shorter spine than the upper part. Besides these arms, there is a remarkable curve, 
serrated line, between the orbit and angle of the mouth, a small serrated lamina at the beginning of the lateral 
line, and another larger above the pectoral fin. 
The branchial membrane is half exposed; the aperture large. 
