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342. Gomphosus varius. [572.] 



Gomphosus varius, Lacep. iii. p. 104, pi. 5. f. 2 ; Giinth. Fish. iv. p. 193. 

 fuscus, Bean. Fishes of Ceylon, pi. 3; Cuv. fy Vol. xiv. p. 25. 



Zanzibar. Island of Angazilia or Great Comoro. Mauritius. Polynesia. 



CHEILIO, Commers. 



343. Cheilio inermis. [215, 221, 249, 290, 434, 442.] 

 For synonymy see Giinth. Fish. iv. p. 194. 



This fish exhibits great diversity of coloration ; the specimens from Zanzibar are as 

 follows : — 



a [249]. Body olive-green above, pale bine below ; each scale with a brown centre ; 

 the lateral band does not extend beyond the opercles. 



b [221]. Olive-green above, bright green below ; each scale with a light centre ; no 

 lateral band ; a large red blotch on side below the middle of spinous dorsal. 



c [290, 442]. Olive-green above, white below ; scales with darker margins ; lateral 

 band formed of black spots more or less confluent. 



d [215]. Green, with a distinct lateral band. 



e [434]. Bright green, each scale with a blue centre ; a yellow lateral band, with a 

 series of black spots above it. 



Aden. Zanzibar. From the eastern coasts of Africa to the Western Pacific. 



CORIS, Gthr* 



344. Coris cuvieri. [282, 588.] 



Julis cuvieri, Benn. Proc. Comm. Zool. Soc. i. p. 128. 



stellatus, Cuv. §■ Val. xiii. p. 499. 



Coris cuvieri, Giinth. Fish. iv. p. 199. 



Colour in life. — Purple, each scale with a blue or green spot ; cheeks green ; three 

 brown and four green bands on head ; of the former the first is distinct, and proceeds 

 from posterior part of orbit towards upper part of operculum ; the second proceeds 

 in a curve from snout towards middle of operculum, and the third from angle of mouth 

 through angle of praeoperculum across interoperculum. The first green band is from upper 

 part of orbit to first dorsal spine ; the second is between the first and second brown band ; 

 the third between the second and third brown band ; and the fourth from mandible to 

 base of ventral. Lower part of dorsal and anal green, with irregular oblique carmine 

 streaks ; the upper half of the former is brownish violet, with blue marginal, median, 

 and basal lines ; the outer half of the anal is similar, but with two blue median lines. 

 The basal portion of the caudal is carmine, with blue spots ; beyond this there 



* Undetermined specimen [641]. 



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