FAMILY, XLI— LABRID^. 395 



1. Epibulus striatus, Plate LXXXVII, fig. 2 (f). 



Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1870, p. 697. 



B. V, D. -j-'ij, P. 11, V. 1/5, A. I, C. 13, L. 1. 19, L. tr. 2/7. 



Length of head above 2/5, of caudal 2/11, height of body 2/5 of the total length. Eijcs— diameter 2/7 o£ 

 length of head, 1 diameter from end of snout and apart. The posterior extremity of the lower jaw extends to 

 below the hind edge of the orbit, and the ascending processes of the premasiUaries to opposite the posterior 

 third of the orbit. Fins— not elongated: the interspinous membrane prolonged beyond the spines ot both tUo 

 dorsal and anal fins. Lateml-Une—mterru-pted opposite the middle of the soft dorsal. Colours—a, white line 

 between the orbits, and two more on the head, the first of which runs fi-om the eye to the snout : the second 

 descending from the orbit meets one from the opposite side. Body grcemsh-brown, with fave narrow milk- 

 white vertical bands, the first from the opercles to before the ventral tins, the next from the second dorsal s-pme 

 to the end of the ventral fin, the third from the centre of the dorsal spines to the base of the anal, the fourth from 

 the end of the dorsal fin to the end of the anal, the fifth round the free portion of the tail, feoft dorsal and 

 termination of the anal white, the remainder of the fins dark coloured. i ■ ■ n i 



fl-fffc/irti.— Andamans, where a single specimen 1^ inches m length was captured, it is figured 



twice Hfe-size. 



Genus, 6 — Anampses, Guvier. 



BranrJiiostegah six : lady oblong, compressed. Preopercle entire. Teeth in jaws in one row, the two front 

 ones in each being prominent, directed forwards, and compressed, with cutting edges : no_ posterior canine tooth : 

 inferior pharyngeal teeth not confluent or pavement-like. A single dorsal Jin, the spines {9) being less than 

 the rays (12) : anal luith three spines, and the same number of rays as the dorsal. Scales from ratlier large to a 

 medium size : none on the head, no enlarged row at base of caudal fin. Lateral-line continuous . 



Geographical distribution.— Bed Sea, east coast of Africa, through the seas of India to the Malay 



Archipelago and beyond. „„.,„-, 



^ ° SYNOPSIS OF INDIVIDUAL SPECIES. 



1. Anampses ccernleo-pnnctalus, D. -,%, A. j\, L. 1. 27, L. tr. 4/10. Blue lines from eyes, body and fins 

 spotted with blue. Andamans to the Malay Archipelago and beyond. 



1. Anampses cosruleopunctatus, Plate LXXXVII, fig. 4. 



? Anampses diadematus, Riipp. N. W. Fische, p. 21, t. vi, f. 3; Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 137 ; Klunz. Verb, 

 z. b. Ges. Wien, 1871, p. 533. , , ^^ , . ^ n r>< a ■ 



Anampses cceruleopunctatus, Riipp. Atl. Fische, p. 42, t. x, f . 1 ; Cuv. and Val. xiv p 5 ; Cuv. Reg. Anim. 

 111. Poiss. pi. 87, f. 2 ; Bleeker, Atl. Ich. i, p. 1U4, t. xxiv, f. 2 ; Gimther, Catal. iv, p. 135 ; Klunz. Verb. z. b. 

 Ges. Wien, 1871, p. 634. 



B. vi, D. J.r, P. 12, V. 1/5, A. ^, C. 13, L. 1. 27-28, L. tr. 4/18, Vert. 11/15. 



Length of head 3i, of caudal 7, height of body 3 in the total length. £';/a?-cIiameter 5 in length of 

 head, \h diameters from end of snout, and 2 apart. The height of the head equals its length behind the angle 

 of the mouth. The maxilla reaches half-way to below the orbit. Cofe^ws— reddish-brown, several bluish 

 vertical lines radiate from the orbit : each scale on the body with a blue spot surrounded by a dark ring fans 

 reddish, the dorsal with three rows of blue spots, the anal with two or three, the caudal likewise blue spotted, 

 all these fins with Hght edges. The spots on the middle of the body are sometimes apt to assume the 

 appearance of vertical lines. . j j. • j-i t a 



Two specimens to 7 inches in length exist in the Calcutta Museum, being those referred to m the J. A. 

 Soc. Bene:. 18G0, as presented by Mrs. Edwards from the Andamans. ' . , . , i , i 



UMtat.—Ued Sea, east coast of Africa, Mauritius, seas of India to the Malay Archipelago and beyond 

 1 am indebted to Dr. Sauvage and the oflicials of the Jardin des Plantes in Pans for the specimen fagureU, it 

 came from the Marquesas. 



Genus, 7 — Hemigtmnus, Giinther. 



Ealichceres, sp. Riippell : Tantoga, sp. Cuv. and Val. : Enjchthys and Eemiulis, Swainson. 



Branchiostegals six : body oblong, compressed. Preopercle entire : lips very fleshy. Teeth in a single row, 

 two canines anteriorly in either 'jam, the lower ones being received when the mordh is closed between tlie upper pair : 

 generally a posterior caning: inferior pharyngeal teeth not confluent or pavement-lihe. A single dorsal fln witli less 

 spines (9) than rays (11): anal with three spines and the same number of rays (11) as the soft dorsat. bcales 

 large, none on the opercles, but a strip of very small ones on the cheek : mo enlarged row at base of caudal fln. Lateral- 

 line continuous. 



Geographical distribution.— Bed Sea, east coast of Africa, seas of India, to the Malay Archipelago 

 and Australia. 



SYNOPSIS OP INDIVIDUAL SPECIES. 



1. Hemigymnus melapterus, D. ^, A. ^\, L. 1. 29, L. tr. 5/14. Scales dotted with blue. East coast of 

 Africa, seas of India to Australia and beyond. o o 



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