| OCR Text |
Show 1871.] IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 655 A N T H I A S C H R Y S O S T I C T U S . (Plate LVI.) D. g. A. §. L. lat. ca. 42. The height of the body is contained twice and one third in the total length (without caudal), the length of the head thrice. The width of the interorbital space is less than the diameter of the eye, which is one third of the length of the head, the snout being very short. Angle of the prseoperculum with a single or double spine. An outer series of stronger teeth in the upper jaw; the lower canines are rather stronger than the upper, and placed more towards the side. The vomerine teeth form a (/-shaped band ; the palatine band crescent-shaped, broadest in the middle, separate from the pterygoid band. Tongue nearly entirely covered with teeth. Scales on the body somewhat irregularly placed, those on the head much the smallest. The second and third soft rays of the dorsal, the second of the anal, the caudal lobes, and the two outer ventral rays produced into filaments. Rose-coloured, each scale with a bright yellow centre. Upper parts of the head yellow, with a pink spot between the nostrils ; an oblique bright yellow band from the prseorbital below the eye to the base of the pectoral fin. The soft dorsal yellow, with oblique violet stripes between the rays; caudal fin yellow, with the upper and lower margins and the central rays pinkish violet. Two examples, 4\ and 6| inches long, were obtained by Dr. B. Meyer at Manado. PLECTROPOMA ANTHIOIDES. D. g. A. f. L. lat. 35. L. transv. 3/14. The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is contained twice and three fourths in the total (without caudal). Interorbital space narrow, its width being not quite one half of the dia- ' meter of the eye, which is one fourth of the length of the head, and equal to that of the snout. The maxillary extends to below the middle of the eye. Canine teeth moderately strong. Vomerine band of teeth angularly bent, and narrow like the palatine band. Scales on the cheek regularly arranged, in five or six series. The third dorsal spine is the longest, twice as long as the second, and half as long as the head; the second anal spine longer and stronger than the third. Caudal fin rounded. Pectoral extending beyond the commencement of the anal. Bed, with some irregular and indistinct blackish spots on the back. A blackish band runs along the median line of the nape. One specimen, 4 inches long, from Manado, through Dr. B. Meyer. AMBASSIS MIOPS. Closely allied to A. uroteenia, from which it differs by the smaller size of the eye and the lateral line being continuous. The diameter of the eye in A. uroteenia is equal to the length of the postorbital part of the head. P. 7]}. A. ^ L. lat. 29. PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1871, No. XLII. |
