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Show 854 LIEUT.-COL. PLAYFAIR ON [Nov. 14, Third dorsal spine longest, and twice and a half in the length of head. Colour.-Olive, each scale with a darker margin. The naked parts of the head, including the opercular margin, dark; a bright pink spot, half as large as the eye, at the angle of operculum ; sometimes a small pink blotch at the root of the pectoral, and on the middle of its superior margin. Caudal with a pink posterior margin. Length 11 inches. Creole name " L'eclair." 71. LETHRINUS RAMAK, Forsk. 72. L. NEBULOSUS, Forsk. 73. L. STRIATUS. L. striatus, Steindn. Verhandl. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1866, p. 479, pl. 5. f. 3 ; Playf. in Fishes of Zanz. p. 145. A specimen of this species was observed at Seychelles, corresponding exactly to Dr. Steindachner's description, and very distinctly different from the specimen of L. nebulosus obtained at the same place. Creole name "L'e'clair." '74. L. CCERULEUS, C. & V. 75. L. CROCOPTERUS, C. & V. 76. CHRYSOPHRYS SARBA, Forsk. 77. SPH^ERODON GRANDOCULIS. Scicena grandoculis, Forsk. p. 53. Chrysophrys grandoculis, Cuv. & Val. vi. p. 134. Spheerodon grandoculis, Riipp. N . W . Fische, p. 113, t. 28. f. 2; Giinth. Fish. i. p. 465. Hab. Seychelles ; Red Sea. 78. CHRYSOPHRYS SARBA, Forsk. SCORP^ENID^E. 79. SCORPEENA POLYPRION. Scorpeena polyprion, Bleek. Natur. Tydsch. Neder. Ind. 1849, Scleroparei, p. 21 ; Verhand. Batav. Gen. xxii. Bali, p. 5 ; ibid. Sclerop. p. 7; Giinth. Fish. ii. p. 115. Creole name " Laf." Hab. Seychelles ; East-Indian archipelago. TEUTHIDID^E. 80. TEUTHIS CORALLINA, C. & V. 81. T. SUTOR, C. & V. 82. T. ROSTRATA, C. & V. |