242 nrn.M-A, rrs peiu'le and productions. 



Dark olive, Tvith bluisli spots on the checks. A curved blue lino below the eye 

 and a broad yellow vertical band below the last dorsal spines. Sometimes a black 

 spot below the last dorsal spines, and a round white-edged one at the base of the 

 pectoral. 



The Nicobars. 



P. PUNCT.^TUS, Quoy and tiaim. 



B. v.; D. H-H; P. 16; Y. !;; k.—,"--,^; C. 15. 



Greyish brown, liead with irregular bluish white dots, and one on each scale of 

 the body. A black spot, margined anteriorly and superiorly with white, across the 

 last six dorsal rays and is usually continued to the tail. Sometimes a dark spot on 

 the axilla. 



The Andamans and Xicobars. 



P. LAiiiATus, Day. 



B. V. ; D. T-H^ ; P. 17 ; Y. i ; A. —--^ ; C. 17. 



Lips ver}- largo, thick, covered with papilkc and reflected all round the mouth. 

 Brown, lighter on chest. Fins black. Blue spots on some scales of the head, and 

 usually on the scales of the body above the lateral line. 



The Andamans and Nicobars. . 



Glyphidodox, Cuvier. 



Body short, compressed. Jloiith small. Opercles entire. Teeth compressed. 



G. soRDiDus, Forsk. 



Chak-mud-dah. Andamans. 



B. V. ; D. ^\-,; P. 17 ; Y. i; A. r-^-y^ ; C. 15. 



Yellowish olive, the fins darker. Five bauds broader than the interspaces 

 descend from the dorsal fin to the sides, and a sixth, nearly black, crosses the root of 

 the tail. A black spot at the base of the pectoral and a row of black spots across 

 the nape. 



The Andamans. 



G. LEucoPLEUEA, Day. 



B. v.; -D.H; P. 17; V. i; A. -,V; C. 15. 



Colour brownish, with a dark band from the dorsal to the ventral. Several 

 narrow white vertical bands from the back to belly. A black spot edged with white 

 at the base of the caudal, extending up to the dorsal. Caudal yellowish, dark-edged. 



The Andamans. 



G. CocHiNENSis, Day. 



B. v.; D. T^i-f ; P. 15; V. V; A. „-"tt ; C. 15. 



Purplish black, lighter below. Pectoral fins paler than the others. 



G. NOTATUS, Day. 



B. v.; J).ri^^; P. 19; Y. \; A. tit^tt; C. 17. 



Olive brown, paler below. Five narrow white bands from the back to the 

 sides. A black spot at the base of the pectoral. Caudal yellowish. 



G. Beno.vlensis, Bloch. 



Bv.; D. t^^Vtt; p. 17; Y. i ; A. t-t-tt; C. 15. ' 



Dull greenish olive, with seven vertical dark bauds from the T>ack. A dark 

 edge to spinous dorsal. A dark spot at base of pectoral, and two dark bands along 

 the anal. 



The Andamans. 



G. ANTiJEKius, Cuv. ct Yal. 



B. v.; D. T,^^^; P. 17; V. i; A. t.-tt! C. 17. 



