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a greyish band along the side, terminating in the young in an indistinct lateral blotch by the side of the free 

 portion of the taO. Fii-st dorsal white, with its npper half deep black : second dorsal yellow, having a black 

 band along its centre, and a black outer edge : anal likewise with a bbick median band : caudal gi'ey, with a white 

 band margined with black, and an external white edge. 



Habitat. — East coast of Africa, seas of India to China and Japan. Madi-as two specimens to 4 inches 

 in length. Amongst Sir W. Elliot's di-awings is one of this fish named A. nigripiniiis by Jerdon. 



17. Apogon maculosus. 



Cuv. and Val. iv, p. 40.3 ; Giinther, Catal. i, p. ioG. 



B. vii, D. 7/1 V. 1/5, A. f . 



Colours — brown, darkest anteriorly, having forir rows of brown spots along either side, but none on the 

 head. Fins brown, spotted with black. 



Habitat. — This fish is said to have come from the seas of India, from whence M. de Ketlitz, a Russian 

 naturalist, brought figui'e.s (? specimens), and from whom Cuv. and Val. obtained their information. 



It is stated to attain thi-ee inches in length. 



18. Apogon macropterus, Plate XVII, fig. -3. 



(K. and v. H.) Cuv. and Val. ii, pp. 160; Bleeker, Perc. p. 1G8 ; Giinther, Catal. i, p. 244. 



? Apogon Zcyhmicns, Cuv. and Val. iii, p. 492; Giinther, Catal. i, p. 2;32. 



Apogon argciiteus, Val. Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 1832, p. 60. 



Apogon fucatiis, Cantoi", Catal. p. 4; Giinther, Catal. i, p. 244. 



Apogon maeropteroides, Bleeker, Banka, p. 724; Giinther, Catal. i, p. 24.5; Playfair, Fish. Zanz. p. 20. 



Apogon Bleekeri, Giinther, Catal. i, p. 24.5. 



Archamia Bleekeri, Gill, Nat. Hist. Soc. Pliil. 1863, p. 81. 



Amia maeropteroides, Bleeker, Amb. p. 280. 



Apogon notata, Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1870, p. 936. 



Amia macropterus, Bleeker, Ternate, p. 233, Atl. Ich. Perc. t. Ixviii, f. 2, and Apogonini, p. 72. 



B. vii, D. 6/i, P. 13, V. 1/5, A. ^^ (A-tt), C. 17, L. r. 22-26 (Ckc. pyl. 0, Cantor.). 



Length of head 2/7, of caudal 1/6, height of body 3| to 3f in the total length. Eyes — diameter 2/5 

 to 1/3 of length of head, 1/2 of a diameter from end of snout, and also apart. Body rather elongated in 

 shape and compressed. Lower jaw slightly the longer. The maxilla reaches to below the middle of the 

 orbit. Angle of the preopercle rounded, the outer edge of vertical and horizontal limbs finely serrated, the 

 other bones of the head entire. Teeth — villiform in jaws, vomer, and palate. Fins — dorsal sjjines weak, the 

 third the highest and ecjual in length to the postorbital portion of the head, or behind the middle of the eye. 

 The pectoral reaches to above the third or fourth anal ray : caudal forked. Colours — whitish, having a pink 

 tinge, fins pinkish : a round black spot on the side close to the base of the caudal fin. 



Habitat. — East coast of Africa, seas of India to the Malay Archipelago. It does not appear to attain more 

 than 3 or 4 inches in length in India, and is very common at Madras. 



19. Apogon Sangiensis, Plate XVII, fig. 4. 



Bleeker, Sangi, p. 375 ; Giinther, Catal. i, p. 235, and Fische d. Sudsee, p. 20. 

 Amia sangiensis, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. Perc. t. xli, f. 4, and Apogonini, p. 56. 



B. vii, D. Gllj, P. 13, V. 1/5, A. -j?^, C. 17, L. 1. 24-25, L. tr. 1^7. 



Length of head 1/3 to 3J, of caudal 41 to 4i, height of body 1/3 to 3^ in the total length. Eyes— 

 diameter 1/3 of length of head, 2/3 of a diameter from end of snout, and also apart. Jaws of about equal length. 

 The maxilla reaches to below the middle of the orbit. Outer edge of both vertical and horizontal limbs of pre- 

 opercle very finely sei-rated, orbital edge rough, the other bones of the head and shoulder entire. Teeth — vUli- 

 form. Fins — dorsal spines very weak, the third generally the longest and If in the height of the body. Ventral 

 almost reaches the anal : caudal notched. Lateral-line — tubes distinct, having a lateral basal enlargement. 

 Colours — golden tinged with red : a wide broviTi band passes from the snout, through the eye, ending on the 

 posterior edge of the opercle, or else in a black spot a little below the shoulder : a round black spot on the side 

 of the free portion of the tail close to the base of the caudal fin : a minute black spot on the back, close behind 

 the base of the last dorsal ray. Upper half of first dorsal black. The anal fin is said to be sparingly spotted 

 with blue in specimens from the Malay Archipelago. 



Habitat. — Andamans to the Malay Archipelago. 



20. Apogon byalosoma, Plate XVII, fig. 5. 



Apogon thermalis, Bleeker, Perc. p. 27, (not Cuv. and Val.) 



AjJogon hyalosoma, Bleeker, Singapore, p. 63, and Amboina, iv, p. 329 ; Giinther, Catal. i, p. 321 ; Kncr, 

 Novara Fi.sche, p. 42. 



Amia hyalosoma, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. Perc. xxxi, f. 1, and Apogonini, p. 57. 



B. vii, D. 6/;, P. 12-14, V. 1/5, A. * C. 17, L. 1. 24-25, L. tr. 21/81. 



