FAlVnLT, XLI— LABRIDyE. 407 



compressed and small: no posterior canine. Dorsal spines flexible, less (9) in numler than the rays (13-14): anal 

 with 3 (or 2) spines and less rays (11-12) thaii the dorsal. Scales of viedijm size : head scaleless, except a row of 

 rudimentary ones on the opercle : no enlarged roio at base of caudal fin. Lateral-line continuous. 



Geographical distrib'Utio7i.—ReA Sea, east coast of Africa, seas of India to the Malay Arctipelago 

 and beyond. 



SYNOPSIS OF INDIVIDUAL SPECIES. 



1. Cheilio inermis, D. T^'yT. A. ■^, L. 1. 45-50. Brownish, divided by a brown band from a silvery 

 abdomen. Red Sea, seas of India to the Malay Archipelago and beyond. 



1. Cheilio inermis, Plate LXXXVIII, fig. 4. 



Labrus inermis, Forsk. p. 34 ; Bl. Schn. p. '2G2. 



iaftrMS /ittssefc, (Bonn.) Lacep. Lii, p. 513. . i t- . r o 



Cheilio auratus, (Comm.) Lacep. iv, p. 433; Quoy and Gaim. Voy. Uranie, Zool. p. 274, pi. 54, i. Z; 

 Cnv. and Val. xiii, p. 341 ; Bleeker, Celebes, ii, p. 221 ; Peters, Seefische Mosamb. Pruss. Ak. VViss. 1855, 



p. 453. 



Cheilio fusc^is, (Comm.) Lacep. iv, p. 433; Cnv. and Val. xiLi, p. 349. 



Lahrus fusiformis, Eiipp. N. W. Fische, p. 7, t. i, f. 4. 



Cheilio cyanoahloris, ForskaUi, and viridis, Cuv. and Val. xiii, pp. 34G, 349, 352. 



Cheilio hemichrysos, Cuv. and Val. xiii, p. 351 ; Bleeker, Banda, ii, p. 255. 



Eupemis fusiformis, Swainson, Fishes, ii, p. 232. 



Hemiulis auratus, Swainson, Fishes, ii, p. 228. 



Cheilio ramosus, Jenyns, Voy. Beagle, Fishes, p. 102. 



Cheilio bieolor, Bianc. Spec. Zool. Mosamb. 1859, p. 254, t. v. 



Cheilio inermis, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. i, p. 82, t. xxxi, f . 4 ; Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 194 ; Klanz. Verh. z. b. 

 Ges. Wien, 1871, p. 531. 



B. vi, D. „»„, P. 12, V. 1/5, A. A, C. 13, L. 1. 45-50, L. tr. 3/17. 



Length of head 3i, of caudal 7^ height of body 9 to 10 in the total length. .E?//es— diameter 6 in the 

 length of head, 2f diameters from the end of snout, and 1 apart. • The height of the head equals its postorbital 

 length. Kfts— caudal rounded. Cofoiics— brownish superiorly, divided by a darker band (passing from below 

 the eye to the middle of the tail) from a silvery white lower surface : there are some black spots along this 

 lateral band. Irregular blue streaks on the head and anal fin, two or three rows of blue spots on the dorsal. 

 In some the laterafband ceases at the opercles, or is entirely absent. The scales on the body may have blue or 

 brown centres, or dark edges. 



Eahitat.—'Red Sea, east coast of Africa, seas of India to the Malay Archipelago and beyond. The 

 specimen figured (Ufe-size) is from the Malay Archipelago, and for it I am indebted to Dr. Hubrecht, 

 of Leyden. 



Genus, 14 — CoRis, Lacepede. 



Hologymnosus et labrus, sp. Lacep. : Ealichaires, sp. Riippell : Julis, sp. Cuv. and Val. : Pseudocoris, 

 ITemicoris et OpMhalmolepis, Bleeker. 



Branchiostegals six : body ollong, compressed. Anterior teeth conical : a posterior canine may be present : 

 inferior pharyngeal teeth not confl/uent or pavement-lihe. A single dorsal fin tvith less spines (9) than rays (11-12) ; 

 anal with three spines, and about the same number of rays (11-13) as the soft dorsal. Scales rather small, none on 

 the head (exeepjt in C. Ivneolata) : no enlarged row at base of caudal fin. Lateral-line continuous. 



Geographical distribution.— Fishes belonging to this Genus have a very wide range : not only do they 

 exist in the Red Sea, throughout the seas of India to Australia and Polynesia, but they are likewise found in 

 the Mediterranean and adjacent parts of the Atlantic. 



As in other Labroid fishes the colours of those belonging to the genus appear to be subject to considerable 

 differences, this seems to be sometimes due to sex ; thus Steindachner has observed that Coris julis is the male 

 of G. giofredi. 



SYNOPSIS OF SPECIES. 



1. Coris forrnosa, D. -j^, A. -^\, L. 1. 74-84. Gray, with blue spots.' Blue bands on head: dorsal and 

 anal lineated or spotted with blue. East coast of Africa, seas of India to the Malay Archipelago and beyond. 



2. Coris aygula, D. ^, A. ,V) L. 1. 60. Brown or green, with blue spots on head and bands across neck : 

 a dark axillary spot : a pale cross band behind pectoral, and red blotches on back of tail. 



1. Coris forrnosa, Plate LXXXVI, fig. 5. 



Labrus formosus, Benn. Fish. Ceylon, p. 16, pi. 16. 



Julis formosus, Swainson, Fishes, ii, p. 233 (c. fig. from Bennett) ; Bleeker, Beng. en Hind. p. 54, and 

 Celebes, iv, p. 169. 



Coris forrnosa, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. i, p. 99, t. xls, f. 3 ; Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 200, and Fish. Zanz. p. 100. 



