
6. 
HOLOCENTRUS ARGENTEUS. 
Order, 'THoracic. 
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“th Native Name, - 1 SCSz, PookooROWAH. 
H. ARGENTEUS. Body silvery, with reddish-brown longitudinal lines. 
Branchiostegous rays 6. Dorsal 25, twelve spinous. Pectoral 14. Ventral 6, 
one spinous. -Ana/ 10, three spinous. Caudal 16. Pectoral, ventral, and 
anal fins, yellow, tinged with red. Dorsal fin, neutral tint. Caudal fin, dark 
indigo, inclining to black. 
Tus Pookoorowah of the Cingalese is a very delicious fish. It 
seldom exceeds twelve or thirteen inches in length, inhabits rocky 


situations, and abounds, at certain seasons, on the coasts of Ceylon. 
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i Figure—The natural size of the Specimen. 


