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loug as head. Mouth large, rising obliquely forward; maxillary widened 

 backward, bearing a low ridge, reaching below the middle of the eye. Teeth 

 very small, in narrow villiform bands on the jaws, in a single doubly curved 

 series on the vomer, and in groups of a few each ou the ends of the palatines. 

 The space between the dorsals is nearly equal to the length of the snout. The 

 anterior dorsal spine is short, the second is not quite as long as the third, and 

 the last is equal to the spine of the second dorsal, to the second spine of the 

 anal, or to the length of the eye. Scales broad, minutely spinose on and near 

 the hind margin, those of the lateral line with a rounded ridge and separated 

 from the dorsals by the width of a single scale or from the vertebral line of 

 the caudal pedicel by two scales. Caudal notch shallow, fin appearing trun- 

 cate when spread. 



Color brownish, head darker, darker on crown and back ; with seven silvery 

 bands across the flanks below the dorsals and a blackish spot on the lateral 

 line about three scales from its end, forward from the bases of the caudal rays. 

 A dark streak passes from below the middle of the eye backward and down to 

 the hinder angle of the preoperculum. 



Allied to A. monochrous of Bleeker, but readily distinguished by the mark- 

 ings. From A. lineatus of Schlegel it differs in the larger eye, shorter maxillary, 

 the notch in the caudal, the shapes of the fins, and the caudal spot. 



Taken at Suva, Fiji Islands. 



Apogon crassiceps, sp. nov. 



D. 6, 1 + 9 ; A. 2 + 9; V. 6; P. 1.3; LI. 23 ; Ltr. 9. 



To some extent the shape of this species resembles that of vl. nuhilus, but the 

 lower jaw is shorter, the caudal region is longer, and the foremost portions of 

 the fins are longer and more angular. The outline from the snout to the 

 dorsal is slightly arched at the crown of the head. Head large, thick, equal 

 in length to the depth of the body, little less than one-third of the total, 

 convex on the occiput. Snout blunt, three-fourths as long as the eye. Eye 

 large, more than one-third of the head. Mouth large, cleft rising forward, 

 jaws about equally prominent, maxillary wider backward and reaching to or 

 beyond a vertical from the hind margin of the eye. Teeth small, equal, in 

 villiform bands on jaws, vomer, and palatines. A weak opercular spine. 

 Space between dorsal fins short, one-tliird the length of the snout. First ray 

 of spinous dorsal short, second ray stronger and longer than any of the other 

 rays ; hinder spines decreasing rapidly in length and strength. Spine of soft 

 dorsal slender, three-fifths of the length of the first soft ray in dorsal or anal, 

 one-third shorter than longest ray of first dorsal. As the lengths of the soft 

 rays in anal and soft dorsal decrease rapidly backward, these fins have an 

 angular appearance. Caudal notch deep, lobes rather sharp. Preopercle with 

 a ridge near the finely serrated posterior margin. Scales large, ctenoid, about 



