From E. gula (Quoy and Gaimard). This species is clearly 
distinguished by the color of the soft dorsal, which is white 
with e black end and dark transverse or horizontal band, The 
squamous area on the muzzle does not enclose a median naked 
area as in the Florids specimen of E. gula before us. 
Xystaema kapas( Bleeker). 
Head 6 1/6; depth 24; D. IX, 10, 1: AcdIgs 7, 1; scales 
48 in lateral teak ke caudal Nine and 5 more on latter; 5 scales 
above lateral line to spinous dorsal origin, 4 above to soft 
dorsal origin, 9 below to spinous anal origin; 19 predorsal 
scales; snout 3 in head; eye 5; der ilery 2s; interorbital 2 2/3. 
Body elongately ellipsoid, compressed, back slightly ele- 
- 1 s ‘ 
vated; least depth of caudal peduncie l¢ its length or 2 2/3 in 
head, Head width 1 9/10 its length. Snout conic, about long 
as broad. Eye little eleveted, center slightly before head 
center, Mouth small, jaws about even, Maxillary slightly 
beyond front eye edge, not to pupil; expansion & 1/3 in eve, 
Lips tough. Teeth fine, villiform, in bands in jaws. ‘os~ 
trils together, hind one little larger, front one about last 
2/5 in snout. Interorbital broadly convex, depressed forward 
and medianly. Preopercle and preorbital entire. 
Rakers 2+8, short rudimentary points, about lz of fila- 
ments, which 2 in eye. Scales cycloid, in even longitudinal 
rows, upper parallel with lateral line and lower horizontal; 
