234 BURMA, ITS PEOPLE AXD PRODUCTIOXS. 



A line of open glands along flie liind and lower edge of the preoperele. Male 

 crested (y). A short fringed supraorbital tentacle, another at the nostril, none on 

 the nape. No canines. Dorsal deeply notched. Colour, stone colour, with si.\ darker 

 vertical bands and several lighter longitudinal stripes. Dorsal brownish, oblique, 

 striped at its base with 5 or 6 narrow hands, above blue-brown and yellow. Anal 

 dark-edged. 



The Andamans. 



S. Andamanensis, Day. 



B. vi. ; D. 12:22; D. 15; V. 4; A. 22-24; C. 11. 



Profile vertical. Head crested (male's ?). A supraorbital tentacle. A pair of 

 posterior mandiljular cauint's. Caudal with central rays longest. Colour brownish 

 with 10 brown bars along the centre of the body. A row of pearly oblong spots, with 

 dark margins above the centre of the body posteriorly, and another below it. Dorsal 

 dark-margined, and edged with wliite, and posteriorly spotted. Anal black-edged. 

 Caudal barred. Pectoral and ventral tins white. 



The Andamans. 



S. DussuMiERi, Cut. et Yal. 



B. vi. ; D. 12:20-21 ; P. 14; V. 3; A. 22; C. 11. 



Males crested. A supraoi-hital fringed tentacle, and a short one in fi-ont of the 

 nostril ; none on the nape. No canines. Dorsal rounded, central rays longest. 

 Colour brownish, vertically banded. Three or four horizontal bands or rows of spots 

 along the first dorsal, and numerous oblique ones on the second. Upper half of caudal 

 banded in spots. Anal grey, black-edged. 



The Andamans. 



S. rERiorHTRALMUs, Cuv. ct Yal. 



B. vi. ; D. 12 : 20 ; P. 15 ; V. 2 ; A. 21 ; C. 15. 



Profile vertical. A simple tentacle above the orbit, and a fringed one at the 

 nostril. A crest sometimes present. Posterior canines in the mandible. Colour rose, 

 with violet cross-bands. An oblique blue band under the eye, a small spot on the 

 check, and a large one on the opercle. Along the sides two rows of blue spots 

 margined above and below with black. Caudal yellow, red-spotted. 



The Andamans. 



S. STEioLATUs, Day. 



B. vi.; D. 12: 20-21; P. 14; Y. 2; A. 20-21; C. 13. 



Profile vertical. A simple supraorbital tentacle, and another nasal one ; none on 

 the nape. Small posterior canines in the mandible. Caudal rounded. Greyish, 

 indistinctly cross-banded. A blue spot below the eye. Five or six horizontal black 

 lines between the pectoral and tail, ending in spots. Dorsal fins with two rows of 

 spots, more distinct behind. Anal with a basal row of blue spots, and grey-edged. 

 Caudal sinuously banded. 



The Andamans. 



S. BiiiiONENSis, Bleeker. 



B. vi. ; D. 12: 20; P. 13; Y. 2; A. 20-21; C. 15. 



Profile prominent. A large rounded crest on the head. A simjile tentacle over the 

 orbit, and a fringed one at the nostril ; none on the nape. A pair of small canines on 

 the mandible. Greenish stone colour, with some bluish spots about the eyes, and 

 8 pairs of vertical streaks on the body, and sometimes 8 or 10 longitudinal ones. 

 Dorsal marked with brown, and oblique brown marks on lower half of second dorsal. 

 Anal dark-edged. Caudal dark, with 6 or 7 vertical hands. 



The Andamans. 



S. ALBOGUTTATFS, Day. 



B. vi. ; D. 12:18; P. 15; Y. J ; A. 19-20; C. 13. 



