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bright yellow band passing over the muzzle, above the upper lip, to the posterior of the 

 orbit. 



Length 3 inches. 



Zanzibar. Sea of Japan. 



Var. b [307]. Colour silvery, with a yellowish tint, dotted like var. a. A yellow 

 line from snout, above eye, terminating below soft dorsal. A series of golden spots, 

 sometimes confluent posteriorly, from above angle of operculum to root of caudal ; a few 

 fainter spots and short lines below. 



Length 3f inches. 



Zanzibar. 



Var. c [622]. Colour whitish, dotted as varieties a and b, but more sparingly. Tip 

 of first dorsal blackish. 

 Length 3|- inches. 

 Zanzibar. 



APOGON1CHTHYS, Bleek. 



56. Apogonichthys auritus. [526, 623.] 



Apogon auritus, Cuv. §• Val. vii. p. 443. 



punctulatus, Riipp. N. W. Fische, p. 88, t. 22. f. 4 (not Bleek.) . 



Apogonichthys auritus, Giinth. Fish. i. p. 246. 



Immature specimens [623] have no opercular spot, or it is merely indicated by an 

 assemblage of minute black punctulations. 

 Zanzibar. Mauritius. Bed Sea. 



CHILODIPTERUS, Lacep. 



57. Chilodipterus octovittatus. [456.] 



Cheilodipterus lineatus, Lacep. iii. p. 543, pi. 34. f. 1. 



Chilodipterus octovittatus, Cuv. §• Val. ii. p. 163; Giinth. Fish. i. p. 248. 



Zanzibar. Johanna. Bed Sea. Indian Ocean. 



58. Chilodipterus lineatus. [44,581.] 



Perca lineata, Forsk. p. 42 ; Riipp. N. W. Fische, p. 89. 



arabica, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 1312. 



Cheilodipterus arabicus, Cuv. Sf Val. ii. p. 165, pi. 23. 

 Chilodipterus lineatus, Giinth. Fish. i. p. 248. 



Zanzibar. Aden. Bed Sea. Madagascar. 



