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Colour very variablo, sometimes tlie mai'kings absent. C:ei\ili:in blue above tlio 

 lateral line. Dorsal witb or witliout blark blotcbes. A blue Hue on tbe eye, Avbick 

 joins its fellow across tbc snout. .V median blue line along tlic occiput. Two blue 

 bands along the eye, and auutlier from the eye to gape. Cheeks and suborbital bones 

 blue-lined. 



The Andamans. 



P. LKtJC0G.\sTER, Blcckcr. 



B. v.; D. -n=^^; P. 17; T. i; A. „S^ ; C. 17. 



Olive brown, ])aler on the sides and yellowish on the belly. II])pcr edge of dorsal 

 and outer two-thirds of anal black, the rest and the veutrals yellow. Outer margin of 

 caudal dark. A black spot at the base of caudal. 



The Kicobars. 



G. MODESTDS, Schl. 



B. v.; D. \Z; P. 18; \. 4 ; A. Vv ; C I'''- 



Yellowish olive, paler below. The outer third of dorsal and anal fins greyish. 

 A brownish dot superiorly at the base of j)ectoi'al. 

 The Andamans. 



Heliasiks. 



Opercles entire. Teeth conicnl, in a narrow and irregular row. 



H. LEPiDLKUs, Cuv. et Val. 



GlijphicUon anabatoides, Day. 



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



Olive, each scale with a blue dot. A blue line from tlie eye across the pri'orbital. 

 A blue spot at the beginning of the lateral line. Dorsal black-edged and blue dotted. 

 Anal dark-edged and yellow-dotted. A brownish band along either caudal lobe. A 

 dark a.\illary spot on the pectoral. Veutrals green. 



The Andamans. 



lutmihj Labridse. 



Branchiostegals 5 or C. Pseudobranchia;. Gills 3A. Teeth in jaws. Palate 

 edentulous. Lower pharyngeal bones anchylosed along the median line, with no 

 median suture. A single dorsal. Body oblong, compressed (save in Cheilio). 



The individuals of this family aie brightly-coloured, strong-toothed fishes, which 

 frequent coral reefs. 



a. Inferior pharyngeal teeth not confluent or pavement-hie. 

 CH.T;Kors, RiippeU. 



Snout obtuse. The 4 anterior teeth conical and free, the lateral ones confluent 

 into a bony ridge. Scales large. Cheeks high, covered with small scales. 



C. ANCHOKAGO, Bloch. 



B. vi.; D. ^i; p. 15; V. \; A. J; C. 14. 



Cheeks brownish, shot with yellow and scarlet-spotted. Back brown, with 

 a white vertical band between the dorsal and pectoral. A light band at the base of 

 the tail. Dorsal fin with two dark bands and a third which descends to the back. 

 It is edged with yellow behind and orange above. Other fins yellowish. Grows to 

 a large size. 



The Andamans. 



Laduoidks, Bleeker. 



Snout pointed. A notch anteriorly in one of the lips. A band of small teeth 

 on the jaws, which each have a pair of canines, the upper fitting between the lower. 

 A posterior canine tooth. 



