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45. Ambassis dussumieri. [586.] 



Ambassis dussumieri, Cuv. Sf Vol. ii. p. 181, vi. p. 503, ix. p. 431 ; Quoy fy Gaim. Voy. Astrol. Poiss. 



p. 650, pi. i. f. 3 ; Giinth. Fish. i. p. 225. 

 Chanda dussumieri, Cantor, Mai. Fish. p. 6. 



Zanzibar. Mauritius. Seychelles. Malabar. Penang. Java. Celebes. Amboyna. 

 China. 



APOGON*, Laeep. 



46. Apogon hyalosoma. [706.] 



Apogon thermalis, Bleek. Verh. Bat. Genootsch. xxii. 1849, Perc. p. 27. 



hyalosoma, Bleek. Nat. Tydschr. Ned. Ind. 1852, Singapore, p. 63, and ibid. 1853, Amboina, iv. 



p. 329; Giinth. Fish. i. p. 231. 



Freshwater of Seychelles. Seas of Batavia, Sumbawa, Amboyna, and Sumatra. 



47. Apogon nigripes, sp. n. Plate V. fig. 1. [579.] 

 D. 6 | \. A. J. Br. 7. L. lat. 23. L. transv. 2/5. 



Body much elevated, its height being one-half of the total length without caudal. 

 The upper profile descends very rapidly from dorsal towards snout. The head is large, 

 and is contained twice and two-thirds in the total length without caudal. Eye large, 

 its diameter much longer than snout, and more than a third of the length of the head. 

 The lower jaw projects slightly beyond the upper. The maxillary extends to below the 

 centre of the eye. The prseoperculum is minutely serrated behind, but its inner edge is 

 entire. Dorsal spines strong ; the second rather longer than the third, and as long as 

 the length of the head without snout. Caudal emarginate. Anal spines short ; the 

 first is two-fifths, the second three-fifths the length of the second dorsal spine. The 

 first and second dorsal rays much produced, extending to the middle of the anal. The 

 free portion of tail low, nearly twice as long as the eye. 



Colour. — Yellowish brown, with numerous irregular vertical silvery cross bands. 

 Throat bright yellow ; ventrals blackish brown. First and second anal rays, anterior 

 part of second dorsal, and upper and lower caudal lobes brownish. 



Length 27 lines. 



Zanzibar. 



48. Apogon amboinensis. [616.] 



Apogon amboinensis, Bleeker, Nat. Tydschr. Ned. Ind. 1853, Amboyna, iv. p. 329; Giinth. Fish. i. 

 p. 234. 



Saltwater of Zanzibar. JRivers of Amboyna. 



* Undetermined specimens [73, 481]. 



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