BY W. MACLEAT, F.L.S. 3G5 



191. Gliphidodon plagiomjitopox, Bleek. 

 Guutli., Cat. 4, p. 51. — Bleek., Atl. Ichth. Pomac, pi. 11, fig. 1. 

 " Rodu " of the natives. 



192. Gltphidodox axabatoides, Bleek. 



Guntli., Cat. 4, p. 51. — Bleek., Atl. Ichth. Pomac., pi. 9, fig. 7. 



193. Gliphidodox Baxkieri, Eichards. 



Gunth., Cat. 4, p. 54.— Bleek., Atl. Ichth. Pomac, pi. 9, fig. 8. 



194. Gliphidodox bicolor, n. sp. 

 D. 12 14. A. 2/11. L. lat. 26. 



Height of body one-half of the length, exclusive of caudal fiu ; 

 snout short and obtuse, teeth regular, but somewhat more conical 

 than usual in GUphldodon, suborbital aensely scaled ; soft dorsal 

 and anal fins pointed, the middle rays being elongate, caudal fin 

 with each lobe prolonged into a filament. The colour is a deep 

 almost black-purple from the snout to a straight line from the 

 commencement of the soft dorsal fin, to the middle of the anal ; 

 all behind that line is white. Length nearly three inches. 



195. Gliphidodox filamextosus, qi. sp. 



D. 13/10. A. 2/10. L. lat. 28. 



Height of body a little more than a third of the length, exclusive 

 of the caudal fin. The spinous dorsal is in height about one- 

 third that of the body and increases very gradually and uniformly 

 from the first to the last spine, the soft dorsal as well as the 

 anal has the middle rays very elongate ; the lobes of the caudal 

 fin are also much produced. The colour is dark all over, probably 

 in life purplish, the dorsal fin seems to have been variegated and 

 the lobes of the caudal are black externally. Length 3 inches. 



