FAMILY, XL— GLTPHIDODONTID^. 385 



SYNOPSIS OF SPECIES. 



1. GhjpUdoilon sordidus, D. ^J.^^, A. ^^i-^, L. 1. 2'J, L. tr. 4/12. Preorbital deep. Middle dorsal spinea 

 tlie longest. Five dull bands on the sides, a sixth over the tail. Red Sea to China. 



2. Ghjplddodon leucopleura, D. ff, A. yV, L- 1- 28, L. tr. 4/14. Preorbital deep. Middle dorsal spmes 

 the longest. Vertical bands : a deep black blotch over free portion of the tail. Andamans. 



3. Glyphidodon Cochinensls, D. yJ_L_, A. to'tt. L- 1- -«> L. tr. 3/8. All the vertical fins produced. Deep 

 black. Seas of India to the Andamans. 



4. Glyphidodon notatus, D. ^i_\^, A. ^?t^, L. 1. 28-30, L. tr. 4i/12. Five narrow white . vertical bands. 

 Andamans. 



5. Glyphidodon septemfasciatus, D. if, A. yV. L. 1. 29, L. tr. 3/11. Preorbital deep. Height of body 

 2f in the total length. Seven vertical bands. Seas of India to China. 



6. Glyphidodon ccelestinns, D. if, A. t^^tt' L. 1. 29, L. tr. 4^/12. Preorbital of moderate depth. Height 

 of body 2f in the total length. Five vertical black bands. Red Sea to Polynesia. 



7. Glyphidwlmi Bengalensis, D. yJ_a^, A. yt-t^, L. 1. 29-30, L. tr. 4/11. Preorbital deep. Height of 

 body 2^ in the total length. Seven vertical bands. Seas of India to the Malay Archipelago and beyond. 



8. Glyphidodon antjerius, D. yi_L. A. y^?^, L. 1. 26-28, L. tr. 2^/9. Colours various. One or two 

 black spots on dorsal fin, usually a blue band along upper portion of body. Red Sea to Malay Archipelago and 

 beyond. 



9. Glyphidodon leucogaster, D. yJ ^s- A. y^^^j, L. 1 26-28, L. tr. 3/12. Upper edge of dorsal and outer 

 two-thii'ds of anal black, the rest yellow. A black spot at base of pectoral. Red Sea to the Malay Archi- 

 pelago. 



10. Glyphidodon modestus, D. \i, A. yV, L. 1. 23-24, L. tr. 2^/8. Tellowish-olive, vertical fins stained 

 gray externally. Andamans to China. 



11. Glyphidodon Sin den, in, D. y^.^^, A. yy^y^, L. 1. 26, L. tr. 3|/10. Violet, each scale with a blue spot. 

 Soft dorsal, anal, and caudal yellow. Kurrachee in Sind. 



1. Glyphidodon sordidus, Plate LXXXIII, fig. 1. 



Chaetodon sordidus, Forsk. p. 62, No. 87 ; Bl. Schn. p. 230. 



Poinacanthus sordidus, Lacep. iv, p. 519. 



Chcetodon calamoia poia, Russell, Fish. Vizag. i, p. 67, pi. 85. 



Gly^MsodoH sordidus, Uiipp. Atl. Fische, p. 34, t. viii, f. 1 ; Cuv. and Val. v, p. 466 ; Bleeker, Beng. en 

 Hind. p. 52, Labr. Cten. p. 10 ; Jordon, M. J. L. and Sc. 1851, p. 133 ; Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 42 ; Kner, Xovara 

 Fische, p. 245 ; Klunz. Fische R. :M. Verb. z. b. Gcs. Wien, 1871, p. 525. 



Glyphisodon gigas, Lienard. Dix. Rapp. Soc. Hist. Nat. Maur. p. 35. 



Glyphidodon Adenensis, Giinther, Fish. Zanz. p. 83, pi. xi, f. 1. 



Chdk-mud-dah, Andam. : Calamoia pota, Tel. 



B. V, D. yJ_i^, P. 17, V. 1/5, A. ,^?y3, C. 15, L. 1. 29, L. tr. 4/12, Ca3C. pyl. 3, Vert. 12/14. 



Length of head 4 to 4^, of caudal 4f , height of body 2^ in the total length, i/j/es— diameter 4 in length 

 of head, li diameters fi-om end of snout, and IJ apart. Greatest widtli of the preorbital, which has an 

 unnotched edge, nearly equals the diameter of the eye, whilst the suborbitals are about half as wide. The 

 profile from the snout to the first dorsal fin ascends abruptly. Teeth — about 36 in the upper jaw, their 

 crowns are notched. Fins— the fifth to the seventh dorsal spines the longest : soft dorsal higher than long : 

 caudal forked. Colours — yellowish-olive, the fins being of a darker colour. Five dull bands, broader than the 

 ground colour, descend from the dorsal fin to the sides, and a sixth, which is nearly black, goes over the free 

 portion of the tail. A black spot at the base of the pectoral. A row of black spots across the nape. 



Habitat.— Ued Sea, East coast of Africa, seas of India to China. The specimen figured (life-size) was 

 taken in Sind. 



2. Glyphidodon leucopleura, Plate LXXXIII, fig. 4. 



B. V, D. if, P. 17, V. 1/5, A. i\, C. 15, L. 1. 28, L. tr. 4/14. 



Length of head 3|, of caudal 4^, height of body 2f in the total length. Eyes— dinmeter 2^ in length of 

 head, 1/2 a diameter from end of snout, and 3/4 of a diameter apart. The greatest depth of the preorbital 

 equals 1/3 of the diameter of the orbit, the suborbital ring of bones is very narrow. Teeth — in a single row, 

 small, compressed, and with notched summits. Fins — the third to the sixth dorsal spines considerably longer 

 than the last : soft dorsal angular. Caudal slightly lobed, lobes pointed. Scales — superiorly extend forwards to 

 nearly as far as the front edge of the eye, none on the spinous portion of the dorsal fin. Colours — brownish, with 

 a dark, almost black, band from the first half of the dorsal fin descending to the ventral : several narrow whit« 

 vertical bands from the back to the abdomen. A black spot, edged with white, on the free portion of the tail 

 just behind the end of the dorsal fin and extending upwards on to the bases of the last three dorsal rays. 

 Ventral and anal black. Caudal yellowish, with dark outer edges. 



Habitat. — Two specimens, of about the same length, (figured life-size) from the Andamans. 



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