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opercula to the middle of the last portion of the dorsal fin, arched, then straight. The branchia: and anus as
" T - h e ^ s The long dorsal fin interrupted, the anterior half arched, the posterior equal; the pectoral rather
low, long, acuminate above; the ventral short, the second ray with a setaceous tail ; tl.e anal small, acuminate
in the middle, and has only two spinous rays; the caudal oblong, entire, with a point.
Colour. The crown and back changeable pearl, the rest a silvery white; a large irregular black spot on the
shoulder, a second much longer passes obliquely from the beginning of the dorsal fin to the lateral line, and
then bends towards the abdomen, a third, narrower and shorter, eiosses the line also; behind which are three
more diminishing in size, the las, on the upper part of the tail. On the dorsal fin, a broad, oblong, black
macula extends from the second to the sixth spinous ray, the res, of the membrane stone-gray, with a narrow,
black margin; the other fins are of a faint yellowish white.
Length, five inches.
N o . C X X IV .
Perca cauda bifida; spinis dorsalibus duodecem macula parva in pinna dorsah, et maculis
ohlongis Juscis ad latera.
T h e P erch witli a bifid tail, eleven dorsal spines; a small mark on the dorsal fin, and
several oblong brown marks on the body.
Called b y the Natives C a r ip e .
JS.vii. J 3 . i I . P. 16. F . s . A .T o . C. 18.
T h i s in the material characters comes near the fish last described. It is rather thicker at the shoulders, the
head less pointed, the crown broader, and the rostrum shorter. The eyes are higher, and the nostrils closer to
each other and to the orbit. The teeth am smaller, setaceous; the lateral line less arched, and commences at
the eye.
The ramous portion of the dorsal fin is shorter and more arched; the anal has three spinous rays; the
caudal bifid.
It nearly resembles the former fish in colour. It has a fainter spot on the shoulder, but three only on the
lateral line, in colour less dark; the black spot on the dorsal fin is smaU and square. The pectoral and ventral
fins are of a faint yellow; the colour of the others as in the former fish.
The lengtb, four inches and a half.
N o . C X X V .
P e r c a catida sub-lunata ; spinis dorsalibus undecem ; corpore oblongo-ovale, vittis luteis, obliquis
et longitudinalibus.
T h e P erch with a tail slightly lunate ; an oblong-oval body, w ith oblique and longitudinal
yellow fillets.
Called b y th e N a tiv e s K arooi.
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B . viii. D . 2 3 . P. 16. V. 6. A. 12. C. 19.
T h e body oblong-ova! : the scales larger than in the last.
The bead less declivous and squamous. In the mouth, lips, jaws, tongue, and nostrils, no material difference
is found ; but the teeth are larger, more regular, and there are teeth in the palate ; the eyes are much larger.
T he opercula serrate ; the lateral line, and position of the anus, nearly alike in both.
T h e fins resemble those of the last fish, in their situation and shape, only that the caudal, instead of bifid, is
somewhat lunate.
The colour. The crown darkish red, the lips and opercula faint pink, the back dark, with an obscure mixture
o f yellow. Between the ridge of the back and lateral line, there are oblique bands of dark yellow, then two
fillets of brighter yellow, and still lower are four or five fillets of more obscure yellow. The belly white.
Dorsal, anal, and caudal fins yellow; ventral yellow, intermixed with white. Pectoral fin faint pink.
Length of the subject, seven inches.
N o . C X X V I .
Perca cauda suh-lunata; corpore ohlongo-ouale, vittis tribusJidvis ad latera; macula nigra
semicirculari in pinna dorsali; aculéis iñhus ad operculum, et lamina serrata prope pinnam
pectoralem.
Tire Perch willi a sub-liiiute t a i l ; an oblong-oval body, with three yellow fillets on the
sides ; a semicircular black spot on the dorsal fin ; three small spiculi on the edge of
the operculum, and a serrated lamina near the pectoral fin.
Called b y the Natives Keeeputa.
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B . v i. D . 2 1 . P. 13. V. 6. A. I I . C. IS .
T h e body oblong-oval, compressed, squamous, scales small, somewhat square, but rounded at the posterior side,
imbricate, tenacious.
T he bend proportional, ovate, compressed, squamous; front slightly declivous, naked, depressed. The mouth
wide, horizontal; lips thickish. Jaws extractile, short, nearly equal. The teeth numerous in each jaw, but
most in the upper; in the under more sparse, but in front a few are longer and crooked. Tongue roundish,
smooth, free. Palate tuberculate, in the fore part. Eyes high, large, somewhat o va l; iris yellowish-wlute.
Nostrils double, in a shallow groove, one near the orbit, the other smaller, near file point of the rostrum. The