802 FISHES OF INDIA. 



Page 391. Add Genus — Xipliocliilus, Bleeker. 



Brancliiosterjals six : pseudohra7ichice present. Bodij ohlonrj : head scaled and nearly as 

 high as long : snout obtuse, tipper lip thin and can he almost hidden under the preorbital. 

 Soth limbs of the preopercle are destitute of scales. Four canine teeth anteriorly in both 

 jaws, ivhile the lateral teeth are soldered into an osseous ridge : a posterior canine tooth 

 present. Fins having the following numbers of rays, D.^ilJ-^, A. Jq- Scales large, 28 or 29 

 along the lateral-line. No scales along the bases of the fins. Lateral-line continuous. 



XiPHOCHILUS EOBUSTUS. 



Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 98 ; Kitinz. F. R. M. 1871, p. 110. 



B. vi, D. i-Jii'' A. 1%, L.l. 29, L. tr. 3/9. 



The following is from Dr. Giinther's description : — Height of body nearly 3f , length of 

 head; 3f in the total length. Head nearly as high as long : snout obtuse. Preorbital 

 higher than the orbit, preopercle not serrated. Teeth — four strong canines in either jaw, 

 the outer ones of the mandibles being turned outwards, an obtuse osseous ridge round the 

 edge of the jaws in which teeth are scarcely distinct. Fins — Dorsal spines strong, the 

 last being the longest and equalling one-third the length of the head, the soft dorsal and 

 anal reach the root of the caudal, the last being rounded. Colours — yellowish red, a 

 yellow band along the basal half of the anal and middle of the dorsal fin. 



Habitat. — One specimen 12 inches long, obtained in Ceylon by Mr. Haly (Taprobanian, 

 i, p. 165), and one in the British Museum is from the Mauritius : also Red Sea. 



Page 392. Add Cossyphus bildnulatus. 



Labrus bilunulatus, Lacep. iii, pp. 454, 526, pi. xsxi. 



Cossyphus bilwiulatus, Cuv. and Val. xiii, p. 121 ; Bleeker, Amboina, ix, p. 4, and Atl. Icli> 

 i, p. 101, t. xxxviii, f. 3 ; Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 105. 



B. vi, D. iA, P. 16, V. 1/5, A. t\, C. 14, L. 1. 34. 



Length of head 3|, of caudal fin about 6|, height of body 3i in the total length. 

 Eyes — diameter 5| in the length of the head, and 2 diameters from the end of the snout. 

 Preopercle finely serrated, and scaled. Fins — caudal emai-ginate, the outer rays being pro- 

 duced. Colotirs — reddish with light or yellow stripes and a large black blotch below the hind 

 edge of the soft dorsal fin and over the commencement of the free portion of the taU. Two 

 black lines on the head, one from the snout through the eye, the second from the 

 angle of the mouth to the subopercle. A black blotch between the first three dorsal spines. 



Habitat. — Isle de France, Ceylon (Haly) to the Malay Archipelago. This fish is 

 considered by some to be identical with G. micruriis, Lacep. C. chabrolii. Lesson, C. 

 maldat, Cuv. and Val. and Labrus spilonotus, Bennett. 



Page 394. Add Cheilinus undulatus. 



Riipp. N.W. Fische, p. 20, t. vi, f. 2 ; Cuv. and Val. xiv, p. 108 ; Bleeker, Atl. Ich. i. p. 68, 



Labroidei, t. xxvi, f. 3 ; Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 129 ; Klunz. P. R. M. 1871, p. 112. 

 Crassilabrus undulatus, Swainson, Fish, ii, p. 225. 



B. V, D. ^, P. 12, V. 1/5, A. i, C. 11, L. 1. 22-23, Vert. 9/14. 



Length of head 3-1-, of caudal fin 5|, height of body about 3 in the total length. Eyes 

 — diameter 1/6 of the length of the head and situated in about the middle of its length. 

 Head slightly longer than high, and having a hump in some old specimens. Lower jaw 

 slightly the longer : lips thick. Fins — ventrals not quite so long as pectorals : caudal 

 rounded. Scales — two or three rows of scales on the cheeks. Lateral-line — tubes not 

 branched. Colours — Bluish gi-een, with the anterior half of the body below the lateral-line 

 reddish, as are also the cheeks. Two narrow dark bands pass fi-om the eye to the snout, 

 between which is a yellow one : two similar bands pass backwai-ds from the eye. Many 

 narrow red and yellow lines on the head and chest, and dark undulating bands on the 

 fins, outer edge of caudal yellow. 



Habitat. — Red Sea, Zanzibar, Ceylon (Haly) to the Malay Archipelago. 



Page 398. Add Plattglossus metager. 



Julis metager, Tickell, Fish. MSS. p. 322, c. fig. 



B. vi, D. ,%, V. 1/5, A. T-V- 



Length of head 4f , of caudal fin 7, height of body 3i in the total length, according to the 

 figure. Eyes — diameter 4 J in the length of the head, 1| diameters from the end of the 

 snout. Body compressed, the form of the dorsal and abdominal profiles about equally 

 convex. Teeth — the posterior canine said to be large. Fins — dorsal moderately elevated,. 



