palate a little tuberculate. The eyes middle, forward, oval, prominent. Nostrils near the orbit, and near each
other, round, equal. The posterior lamina of the opercula squamous, acuminate. Branchial membrane half
covered; tlie aperture wide.
The tnmi. The back carinate, arched ; the sides convex, compressed; the belly convex. The tail thin,
roundish. The lateral line conspicuous, at first high, arched, then straight to the middle of the caudal fin.
Tlie anus remote.
Thejfas. The dorsal solitary, composite, interrupted, consisting of one short, and ten long, soft, declining
spines, with twenty four soft assurgent ray s; the whole ramentacious. The pectoral long, falcate: the ventral
shorter than the pectoral, without a spine; the anal has two spines, and its seven rays exceed in length those
of tlie dorsal; the caudal broad, angular, and pointed.
The colour. The prevalent colour a dusky g ra y ; the head and back have a cast of dark blue; the sides
near the belly, the belly and throat, cinerious. T he fins are darker than the back, but in some places have an
obscure cast of yellow. There are sometimes in smaller subjects, a few black spots on the dorsal fin.
The length, two feet six inches.
REMARKS.
This fish is esteemed, and, in like manner as the red Sparus, is caught by hook and line in deep water. It
begins to appear after the middle of February.
N o . C X V I .
L a b r u s cauda peniagona; corpore ovato-lanceolato, maculato.
T h e L a b r u s with a pentagonal t a i l ; and an ovate-lanceolate, speckled body.
Called b y the Natives K a t c h e l e e .
B . v ii. D . P. 1 8 . V. 6. A.~9. C. 1 8 .
T h i s does not differ in any material respect from the fish last described. It is universally of a darker colour,
the back and shoulders are spotted, with numerous black, oval spots; and the {>ectoral, ventral, and anal fins
are nearly quite black. The dorsal and caudal fins are constantly spotted, which is not the case in the last
fish, though of equal size.
The fishermen conceive it to be the female, and give it the same name.
I
N o . C X V I I .
y - ovaio, dorso versicolore L a b r u s cauda pentagona; corpore ; spina anali secunda
robustiore.
T h e L a b r u s with a pentagonal t a i l ; an oblong ovate body, o f changeable colour on the
b a ck ; and the second anal spine long and thick.
Called b y tbe Natives T e l l a K a t c h e l e e .
Z . VII. D . 41. P. 16. V. 6. A. 10. C. IS.
T h i s species agrees with the description of the black Katchelee, No. CXV. differing only in a few circumstances
besides the colour. The body is broader at the shoulders, and the tail less slender; the dorsal fin is less
ramentacious, and the soft rays more numerous; the pectoral shorter, broader, and less falcate; the second
spine of the anal fin much longer and grosser.
The colour of the head (which is less squamous than in the other) and of the back, darkish, but changeable
like a pigeon’s neck ; below the line the colour grows lighter and glossy, and the belly is of a rich pearl; the
dorsal fin darkish; the others and lower part of the caudal fin yellowish.
The length, one foot eight inches.
N o . C X V I I I .
L a b r u s caiuh pentagona corpore ohlongo: capite tolo squamoso, rostro obtuso; cirro unico a i
maxillam inferiorem.
T h e L a b r u s with a pentagonal tail; an oblong b o d y ; the head entirely squamous, the
rostrum obtuse, and a solitary cirrus pendent from the lower jaw .
Called b y the Natives O u a l a r K a t c h e l e e .
Z . vii. D . 'S . z . 15. K 'e . A. io . C. i s .
T h i s fish under the name of Katchelee, ciiffei-s more remarkably from the one first described.
The body is oblong; the scales smaller.
The shorter, squamous; rostrum shorter, more obtuse. The month small, round; teeth very slender;
the eyes supreme, oval, large; nostrils double, small, close to the orbit; the posterior oval, A solitary cirrus at
the lower jaw.
In other respects it agrees; as likewise in the shape of the lateral line, position of the anus, and shape of
the fins.
The colour has been omitted in my original description.
The length, ten inches.
It is rather a rare fish.