FAIIILT, I— PERCID^. , ^^ 



Amia nigrijiinnis, Bleeker, Aiogonini, p. 64. 



B. vii, D. 7/i, P. 15, V. 1/5, A. |, C. 17, L. 1. 26, L. tr. 2i/6i. 



Length of head 1/3 to S^, of caudal 2/11 to 1/5, height of body 1/3 to Z\ in the total length Eyes-- 

 diameter 1/3 to 2.\ in length of head, 1/2 to 2/3 of a diameter from end of snout, and 3/4 ot a diameter apait. 

 No very considerable rise from the snout to the base of the dorsal fin : snout rather elevated, l^ower javv 

 sli<^htly the longer : the maxUla reaches to below the last third or even hind edge of the orbit. V erticai an i 

 horizontal limbs of preopercle strongly and evenly serrated along their outer edges : .shoulder-bone serrateci 

 Teeth— Y\movm in jaws, vomer, and palate, an outer slightly enlarged row in each jaw. i<<)is— dorsal spines 

 strong, the two first short, and the third not so high as the fourth which equals the length ot the postoib tal 

 portion of the head and half the height of the body below it. The pectoral does not reach the anal, but 

 the ventral does : second anal spine l\ diameters of the eye in length : caudal rounded. LateniUm.e---Nevy sligiitij 

 curved : tubes distinct, having a low lateral enlargement. C'oZo«re— greyish, with a dark vertical band trom in 

 front of the base of the first dorsal which passes backwards and downwards, increasing m width ana is lost 

 below the whole length of the pectoral fin : a second goes fi-om the base of the second dorsal to the lateral-lme, 

 and a third over the free portion of the tail. No black spots or streaks on the head, vertical fins black except the 

 caudal, which is yellow and has a dark edge. • i • i i i 



Cuv and Val. type specimen is in excellent preservation in Paris, and identical with the above._ _ 



ffaittoi.— Madras, where it is common; it grows to at least S-jSg inches in length. The figure is Me-size. 



11. Apogon Wassinki. 



Bleeker, Timor, p. 258. 



Apogon chrysotcenia ?, Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1870, p. 682. 



Amia Wassinki. Bleeker, Apogonini, p. 38. 



B. vii, D. 7/i, P. 14, V. 1/5, A. |, C. 17, L. 1. 25-26, L. tr. 2/7. , , ., r. a- . •>. 



Leno-th of head 3i to 3i, of caudal 4i to 4|, height of body 3i in the total length. ^T/es— diameter 2^ 

 to 2i in the length of head, 1/2 a diameter from the end of snout, and also apart. The width ot the head at the 

 opercles equals If in the height of the body, the gi-eatest height of the head equals its length excluding the 

 snout. Lower jaw slightly the longer, the maxilla reaches to below the middle of the eye. Vertical and 

 horizontal limbs of preopercle serrated in their outer edges, other bones of the head and shoulder entire, ^eetk— 

 villiform bands in jaws, vomer, and palate. Fms— first dorsal spine short, the second halt the length ot the 

 third and fourth, which are the longest, and equal to 1^ in the height of the body, and l/o less than the longest 

 ray the spine of the second dorsal is a little shorter than the highest in the first dorsal fin : upper edge ot hrst 

 dorsal slightly emarginate. Pectoral 4/5 as long as the body is high. Ventral nearly reaching the anal, becond 

 anal spine equal to half the height of the body, the rays similar to those of the soft dorsal. Caudal lobed. l^ateral- 

 line— makes a gradual curve, tubes well developed and having rather distinct lateral expansions, especially m 

 the anterior portion of the body. C'oZomcs— brilliant golden with a black head. A silvery-white median band 

 exists alons? the top of the head, it divides, one branch proceeding along the back on either side to the 

 upper half of the tail : a second goes from above the orbit to the middle of the tail : a third through the orbit 

 to the lower half of the tail : and a fourth from the angle of the mouth to below the base of the pectoral. i*ins 



^-pQ 11 Off* 



° As mv largest specimen is only If inches in length it is not improbable that it is the young of some 

 species which in the more adult stage has another name. It appears to agree with Blocker's A. Wassatki, ot 

 which he procured one specimen 69'" in length. xi, t • 



This fish is veiy common amongst the coral-reefs on the Andaman islands. As soon as the '^yater is 

 splashed they all crowd into the coral, concealing themselves amongst its sticks, apparently afraid that the 

 splash has been occasioned by some large carnivorous fish. 



Habitat. — Andamans and Nicobars. 



12. Apogon aureus, Plate XVI, fig. 8. 



Ostorhinchus Fleurieu, Lacep. iv, p. 24, iii, t. 32, f. 2. 



Dipterodon liexacanthws, Lacep. iv, pp. 166, 168, iii. t. 30, f. 2. 



Centropomiis aureus, Lacep. iv, pp. 253, 273. . u' r 



Apogon annularis, Riippell, Atl. p. 48, and N. W. Fische, p. 85 ; Giinther, Catal. i, p. 239 ; Klunz. I'lsch. 



Roth. M. p. 713. , ^ ,-o r> 1 



Apogon roseipinwis, Cuv. and Val. iii, p. 490, vi, p. 553 ; Bleeker, Amb. and Ceram. p. 2oo ; t^uoy and 

 Gaim. Voy. Astrol. Poissons, p. 649, pi. i, f. 6 ; Peters, Wieg. Arch. 1855, p. 234. 



Apogon aureus, Bleeker, Enum. pise. p. 6. 



Amia aurea, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. Perc. t. lix, f. 1, and Apogonini, p. 48. 



Cul-sillandan, Tam. 



B. vii, D. 7/i P. 14, V. 1/5, A. I, C. 17, L. 1. 25-26, L. tr. 2i'6, Ctec. pyl. 4. 



Leno-th of head 2/7, of caudal 2/9, height of body 1/3 to 2/7 of the total length. E//es— diameter 2/5 to 

 2f in length of head, 1/2 a diameter from end of snout, and 3/4 apart. The lower jaw slightly the longer : the 



