THE 
ARGUS ANTHIAS. 
Generic Character. 
Head completely fcaled: anterior gill-cover fcr- 
rated. 
Specific Character. 
Sjlvery-blueifh ANTHIAS, with numerous ocel- 
lated brown fpots. 
The genus Anthias, inftituted by Dr. Bloch, con¬ 
tains feveral fpecies of extreme beauty; of which 
the animal here reprefented is certainly one of the 
molt elegant. Its color is a iilvery white, tinged 
with fine blue on the upper parts, and marked all 
over with annular or ocellated fpots of a brown color 
with white centres. On the head, pe&oral and ven¬ 
tral fins, the fpots are fmaller and without the white 
centres. The native country of this fifh feems un¬ 
known. It grows to about the length of a foot. In 
the Linntean arrangement it would doubtlefs have 
been placed in the genus Perea. 
