FAMILY, XL— GLTPHIDODONTID^. 389 



1. Heliastes lepidurus, Plate LXXXII, fig. 1. 



Eeliases lepidurus, Cuv. and Val. v, p. 498 ; Bleeker, Ich. Sumb. Journ. Ind. Arch. 18-48 ; Giinther, 

 Catal. iv, p. 63. 



Gb/phisodon Bandanmisis, Bleeker, Banda, i, p. 248. 



Heliases frenatus, Bleeker, Ceram. p. 710 (not Cuv. and Val.). 



Seliases ccBruleus, Bleeker, Kokos, iv, p. 45.5 (not Cuv. and Val.). 



GlypTddodon atiahatoides. Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1870, p. G96. 



B.'v, D. ii:i|., p. 15, V. 1/5, A. ^, C. 17, L. 1. 20-27, L. tr. 21/9. 



Length of head 4 to 4}, of caudal 4f , height of body 2| to 3 in the total length. Eijes—&ia,iaeiev 3 in 

 length of head, 3/4 to 1/2 of a diameter from end of snout, and 1 apart. Greatest width of preorbital 1/3 of 

 that of the orlsit. Teeth— in a single row. Fins—ihivA to fifth dorsal .spines the longest : caudal deeply forked. 

 tScaies — on preorbital and suborbitals, they extend on the summit of the head to the snout. C'ofottr.s— olive, each 

 scale with a blue dot : a blue line from the eye across tjie preorbital, a blue spot at the commencement of the 

 lateral-line : dorsal dotted with blue, and having a dark edge : anal dotted with yellow and also with a dark 

 margin : caudal with a brownish longitudinal band along either lobe. A dark axillary spot on the pectoral : 

 ventrals green. 



I found this fish very abundant about the coral reefs of the Andaman islands. As soon as the water was 

 splashed they appeared to retire for safety to the branching coral where no large fish could follow them, and 

 they allowed great pieces to be removed from the water without venturing to leave their retreat. 



Habitat. — East coast of Africa, Andamans, Malay Archipelago and beyond. 



