FAMILY, XL-GLTPHIDODOIs-TID^. 387 



Tiength of head 4i of caudal 4i, height of body 2| in the total length, i/i/es— diameter 3| to 3| in 

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

 2/3"of the diameter of the eye, the suborbital ring very narrow. Teei/i— about 40 m the upper jaw, narrow 

 and notched. J'mw— dorsal spines increase in length posteriorly, soft dorsal pomted, its fourth and faith rays 

 Iwing the longest. Caudal deeply forked. Scales— on the head extend forwards to opposite the front edge ot 

 the eye. CoZoar^— olive-brown, with five vertical dark cross bands that are narrower than the interspaces 

 between them, the first descends from the first spine to the shoulder : the second from the fourth and fit th 

 spines : the third from the tenth and eleventh : the fourth from the last dorsal spmes to tho front edge ot the 

 anal : and tho fifth across the free portion of the tail, being continued on to the last dorsal rays. A dark spot 

 at the base of the pectoral fin. Outer edge of caudal usually black. 



EahHaL—Vrom the Red Sea and east coast of Africa, through the seas of India to the Malay 

 Archipelago and Polynesia. The one figured (life-size) was from Bombay. 



7. Glyphidodon Bengalensis, Plate LXXXIII, fig. 3. 



? Chcetodmi Henyalensls, Bl. t. ccxiii, f. 2. 



iaicMs TOac)-o(/aster, Lacep. iii, p. 430, 477, pi. six, f. 3. -, t , /^^ n 



Ghjphisodon Bengalensis, Cuv. and Val. v, p. 458 ; Bleeker, Beng. en Hmd. p. 52, and Labr. Cten. p. 11. 



GhjpMdodon Bengalensis, Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 41 ; Kner, Novara Fische, p. 244. 



CMlc-mud-dali, Andamanese. 



B. V, D. Ti-Vs. P- 17. V. 1/5, A. TT=^, C. 15, L. 1. 29-30, L. tr. 4/11. 



Length of head 4i, of caudal 4i, height of body 2^ in the total length. I?2/es— diameter ?,\ in length of 

 head 1 diameter from end of snout, and l\ apart. Profile from snout to base of dorsal fin almost semicu-cular. 

 Greatest depth of the preorliital equals the diameter of the eye ; the suborbital ring, above the angle of 

 the mouth, equals 3/4 of a diameter of the eye. Teeth— hi a single compressed row, having the crowns notched. 

 Fins— the third to the sixth dorsal spines rather longer than the last ; soft dorsal angular, the fourth and fifth 

 rays being the longest. Caudal forked, lobes pomted. Scales— on the summit of the head reach forwards to 

 opposite the middle of the eyes. Colours— oi a dull greenish- olive, with seven vertical dark bands extending 

 downwards from the back, the first across the head, the second across the neck, four below the dorsal 

 fin and one across the free portion of the tail. A dark edge to spinous dorsal, a dark spot at base of pectoral, 

 and two bands along anal fin. , ^, „ i /,-;■• \ • -. ii 



Eahltat.—Se&s of India to the Malay Archipelago and beyond. The one figured (life-size) is from the 



Andaman islands. 



8. Glyphidodon antjerius, Plate LXXXI, figs. 4 and 5. 



C7tcciocZort.BroM)?irf(7(/u', Bennett, Fish. Ceylon, p. 8, pi. viil. _ 



Glyphisodon antjerius, (Kuhl. and v. Hass.) Cuv. and Val. v, p. 481 ; Bleeker, Kokos iv, p. 454 ; 

 Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 60 ; Kner, Novara Fische, p. 245 ; Klunz. Verh. z. b. Ges. Wien, 1871, p. .yl7. 



GlypJdsodon unimaculatus, Cuv. and Val. v, p. 478; Schleg. Overz. Amph. &c. m Verh. Nat. Gesch. JNed. 

 Overz. Bezitt. p. 23, t. vi, f. 1 ; Bleeker, Sumatra, ii, p. 284 ; Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 61- ooa cj 1 1 i 



Glyphisodon blocellatus, Cuv. and Val. v, p. 482 ; Quoy. and Gaim. Voy. Uranie, Zool. p. 3b.t ; bchlegel. 

 1. c. p. 24, t. vi, f. 4 ; Bleeker, Sumatra, ii, p. 286 ; Less. Voy. Coq. Zool. Poiss, p. 188 (two black spots on 



Glyphisodon zonatus, Cuv. and Val. v, p. 483; Schleg. 1. c. p. 24; Peters, Wiegm. Arch. 1855 p. 266. 

 Glyphisodon punctulatus, Cuv. and Val. v, p. 484 (two dorsal spots, many blue spots, no blue line on 



°'^ ^^Glyphisodon Brownriggii, Cuv. and Val. v, p. 484 ; Bleeker, Beng. en Hind. p. 52 ; Kner, Novara Fische, 



p. 245. 



Glyphisodon andjerius, Schleg. 1. c. p. 24, t. vi, f. 3. • 



Glyphisodon Bossii, Bleeker, Kokos, p. 48 (most of body markings absent). 

 Glyphisodon Balinensis, Bleeker, BaU, p. 9. 

 Glyphidodon fasciatus,Gunt'her, Catal. iv, p. 51 (blue transverse spot on body). 



B. V, D. T^.Va, P- 17, V- 1/5, A. „?T3, C. 17, L. 1. 26-28, L. tr. 2|/9. 



Lenn-th of head 4i to 41, of caudal 5, height of body 2| to 3 in the total length. Eyes— diameter 3 to 

 ■M in lenoth of head, 3/4 to 1 diameter from the end of snout, and 1 apart. Preorbital rather broad, its 

 irreatest depth equal to about 1/2 a diameter of the eye : suborbital ring naiTow. Teef A— narrow and m two rows. 

 Fins— voster'ior dorsal spines somewhat the longest : soft dorsal and anal angular. Caudal shghtly forked. 

 Scales— on the summit of the head, are continued forwards to opposite the front edge of the eyes. Colours— 

 exceedingly various, the markings being partially or entirely absent in some specimens, and that not merely 

 due to acre. Cerulean blue above the lateral-line, this colour extending on to some scales along the base 

 of that fin, and ending at the end of the soft dorsal by surrounding one (sometunes two) black blotches, the black 

 blotches on the dorsal fin are sometimes absent. A blue line is generally continued along the supraorbital 

 region ioining another from the opposite side across the snout. A median blue or dark band occasionally is 

 seen alono- the occiput. Two blue bands along the eye, and one from the eye to the angle of the mouth : another 

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