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Upeneus Eussellii, Cuv. & Vcd. iii. p. 465. 
Upeneus Indicus, Gunther , Catal. i. p. 406. 
B. iv. D. 8 | 9. P. 16. Y. 1. A. l C. 14. L. 1. 30. L. tr. ?. 
Barbels reach beyond angle of preopercle. Space between the orbits rather flat. Opercle 
has two small spinous points. Snout scaleless. Nostrils small, approximating, rather distant from 
orbit. Caudal lobed. 
Colours-—Upper part of head and back dark purple, with some light violet lines. Cheeks 
pink variegated with yellow, and tortuous light blue lines. A dark spot at corner of mouth. Two 
oblong oval spots on lateral line, the first white shot with gold, the second beyond the end of 
second dorsal, and of a dark purple, fighter in the centre. Abdomen white, with horizontal golden 
fines. Dorsal fins purplish streaked with blue, pectoral pink, anal white and pink with a few 
yellowish cross bars, caudal purplish, the membrane between the rays greenish. 
Grows to thirteen inches in length. 
Habitat—Seas of India and China. 
* Upeneus Malabaricus. 
Upeneus Malabaricus, Cuv. & Val. iii. p. 467 ; Gunther , Catal. i. p. 407. 
B. iv. D. 8 | 9. A \ — 7. L. 1. 30. L. tr. f. 
Head oblong, its barbels extend beyond the angle of the preopercle. Preorbital longer than 
wide, and marked with numerous pores. Teeth thin and short. 
Colours—Posy, a pale fine traverses the forehead in front of eyes. A large pale or golden 
spot on the lateral fine opposite the interval between the two dorsals. A round black spot on the 
side of the root of the tail. 
Length up to six inches. 
Habitat—Malabar, Philippine Islands. 
Genus CHEYSOPHEYS, Cuvier. 
Branchiostegals, six : pseudobranchiae. Body oblong, compressed. Four or six conical or blunt teeth 
in front, and three or more series of rounded molars in both jaws. One continuous dorsal with eleven 
or twelve spines, which can be received into a groove. Three anal spines. Scales of moderate size, 
extending over the cheeks. Air bladder sometimes notched, or with very short appendages. Pyloric 
appendages few. 
Chrysophrys HASTA, 
Sparus hasta, Bloch , Sehn n p. 275. 
Coius datnia, Ram. Buch. pp. 88, 369. pi. 9. f. 39. 
Chrysophrys longispinis, Cuv. & Val. vi. p. 116. 
Chrysophrys berda, Cuv. & Val. vi. p. 113. 
Chrysophrys hasta, Gunther , Catal. i. p. 490. 
A - 3 - 
AA. g.Q. 
C. 17. L. 1. 48. 
b* vi. p.i5. y. 
Length of head of pectoral of caudal jl, 
length. Height of head of body f, of hard dorsal y, of soft dorsal 
of total length. 
L. tr. f. 
of base of dorsal f, 
of base of anal of total 
yip of ventral 
U of anal | 
