384 ACANTHOPTERTGII. • 



This fish is very closely allied to P. tapeinosoma, Bleeker, or Lepidozygus tapeinosoma, Giinther. 

 Habitat. — Madras, to 6 inches in length. 



7. Pomacentrus albofasciatus, Plate LXXX, fig. 9. 



Schlegel, Overz. Amph. &c. in Verh. Nat. Gen. Ned. Overz. Bezitt. p. 21 ; Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 19. 



Pomacmtrus leticopleura, Bleeker, Sumatra, iv, p. 85. 



B. V, D. '»tVS P- 17, V. 1/5, A. X3?„, C. 17, L. 1. 2G, L. tr. 3/9. 



Length of head 4^, of caudal 4|, height of body 3j in the total length, i/ye.s— diameter SJ in length of 

 head, 1 diameter from end of snout, and Ij apart. Preorbital entire, suborbital ring of bones below the eye 

 serrated, as is also the hind edge of preopercle. The greatest depth of the preorbital nearly equals the diameter 

 of the eye. Colours — dark olive, -with bluish spots on the cheeks : a curved blue line below the eye, and a broad 

 vertical yellowish band underneath the last dorsal spines : sometimes a black spot on the base of the last few 

 dorsal rays, and a round one edged white at the base of the pectoral. 



Habitat. — Andamans to the Malay Archipelago. The specimen figured (life-size) was brought from the 

 Nicobars by the late Dr. Stoliczka. 



8. Pomacentrus punctatus, Plate LXXX, fig. 8. 



Quoy and Gaim. Voy. Uranie. Zool. p. 395, pi. 64, f. 1 ; Riipp. Atl. Fische, p. 37 ; Cuv. and Val. v, 

 p. 429 ; Bleeker, En. Spec. p. 87 ; Gunther, Catal. iv, p. 29 ; Klunz. Fische, Roth. Meer. Verh. z. b. Ges. Wien, 

 1871, p. 622. 



Pomacentrus cyanospilus, Bleeker, Ceram, ii, p. 709 ;^Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 30 ; Kner, Novara Fische, p. 242. 



Pomacentrus p)rosopotcemoides, Bleeker, Amb. and Ceram. p. 286. 



B. V, D. l?-:i|, P. 16, V. 1/5, A. t3»„. C 15, L. 1. 27, L. tr. Si/lO, Ca;c. pyl. 3. 



Length of head 3^ to 3|, of caudal 4^, height of body 2| in the total length. JJf/c.s— diameter from 

 3 to 3| in the length of head, 1 diameter from end of snout, and also apart. Preorbital in the adult nearly as 

 deep as long, and equal to the diameter of the eye : in the immature its depth is not nearly as great. The hind 

 edge of the'^preorbital, the suborbital ring, and the posterior margin of the preopercle serrated. The maxilla 

 reaches to below the hind nostril. Fi'«s— dorsal spines moderately strong, subequal m height but lower than the 

 soft dorsal which is pointed. Caudal emarginate. Lateral-line— the tubes cease below the last dorsal spine. 

 Co^owrs— grayish-brown, head with irregular bluish-white dots and one on each scale of the body. A black 

 spot margined anteriorly and superiorly with white, exists across the base of the last six dorsal rays, and is 

 usually also continued on to the back of the free portion of the tail behind the base of the dorsal fin. 

 Occasionally a dark spot in the axil of the pectoral fin. t-., r. i • • -i i 



In Forster's Desc. Anim. (Lichtenstein Ed.) p. 227, Chetodon licidus, Forst. and Bl. fechn. is said to be 

 identical with Pomacentrus punctatus. • r. i 



Habitat.— Red Sea, IMauritius to the Andamans, Nicobars and ]\Ialay Archipelago. The specimen figured 

 (life-size) is from the Andamans. 



9. Pomacentrus labiatus, Plate LXXXI, fig. 2. 

 B. V, D. ^^, P. 17, V. 1/5, A. „=„, C. 17, L. 1. 28, L. tr. 3J/10i 



Leno-th of head 3f , of caudal 5, height of body 2Hii the total length. Eyes— diameter 3 to 3i in length 

 of head, 1 "diameter from end of snout, and also apart. Suborbital ring of bones rough, scarcely serrated,* 

 preopercle very finely serrated or even entire : preorbital scaleless, its greatest depth equal to half the diameter 

 of the eye. Maxilla reaches to nearly below the front edge of the eye. Lips very large, thick, covered with 

 papilte, and reflected all round the mouth. Teef/i— minute, compressed. J'iws— dorsal spines of moderate 

 streno-th, of about equal height, not equalling the soft dorsal which is pointed. Ventral reaches the anal. 

 Upper lobe of caudal usually "slightly the longer. Lateral-line— the tubular portion ceases under the commence- 

 ment of the soft dorsal fin. Colours— hiw\n, lightest on the chest and lower surface of the head : fins black. 

 Blue spots on some of the scales of the head, and usually one on the centre of each scale m the row above the 

 lateral-line. 



This species is distinguished from any others recorded from India by its enormously developed lips. 



Habitat. — Andamans and Nicobars, to 3| inches in length. 



Genus, 5 — Gltphidodon, (Laa'pede), Cuvier. 



Euschistodus, Dischistodus, Hypslpops, Pomatoprion, Microspathodon, Gill. 



Branchiostegals five or six : pseudobra7icMm. Body slwrt, compressed. Cleft of mouth small. Opercles 

 entire. Teeth compressed and in a single row, sometimes the alternate ones being similar. A single dorsal fin with 

 tlie spines rather more or less, or equal in number to the rays : anal ivith two s^ii'me*. Scales of moderate size.^ The 

 tuMdar portion of the lateral-line ceases belmv the end of the dorsal fin, but is continued in the form oj minute circular 

 orifices. Air-vessel j^resent. Pyloric appendages feiv. 



* Tliis fish in some specimens (always perhaps in the young) has no serrations in the bones of the head, in others the sub- 

 orbital ring is roughened and the preopercle is finely serrated. 



