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East Indies, said bv Bleeker to ranj^e northward to Japan.' It is 

 likely that faded specimens of ^4. carinatn)< have been mistaken for it. 

 It may be easily i-ecognized by the absence of dorsal ocellus and of 

 serriv^ on the preopercle. {GJa(./((, the jSlalay name.) 



2. APOGON Lacepede. 



Amia Groxow, Zoophyl., 1763, p. 80 {moluccensh; nonbinomial). — Gill, Proo. 



Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, p. 237 {imberbis; .scales 20 to 28). 

 Apogon Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., Ill, 1802, p. 411 {ruber=lmberJ/ls). 

 Osiorh inchus hACEPEVE, Hi.st. Nat. Poiss., lY, 1802, p. 165 {fruvien). 

 Monoprion 'PoEY, Memorias, II, 1860, p. 123 {inaculaiiiK) . 

 f Lcpidamki Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1863, p. 81 (bilosoitia; scales .33 



to 38). 

 ,]fi(jiiitrii!< Kkefpt, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1S()7, ]>. 942 {hi'>i((tio<) 



Bod}' oblong, compressed, covei'cd with large, ctenoid scales. Lat- 

 eral line continuous, with 20 to 30 scales. Head large; mouth wide, 

 oblique, the maxillary extending to below middle of the large eye; 

 villiform teeth on jaws, vomer, and palatines; no canine teeth; pre- 

 opercle with a double ridge, the edge somewhat serrate, at least in 

 the 3X)ung, becoming entire with age in some species; opercle with a 

 •spine behind. Gill rakers rather long. Dorsal spines or T, strong; 

 second dorsal remote, short; anal with "2 spines and 8 or 9 soft rays, 

 the second much the longer, the soft part similar to the soft dorsal; 

 pectorals and ventrals moderate; caudal concave or convex; vertebrae 

 11 + 1-1 = 25. Warm seas; the species numerous. The species are 

 much alike in form, but differ greath' in markings, the ground color 

 being usually bright red or reddish silvery. The principal groups 

 differ in number of dorsal spines and in the form of the caudal. Most 

 of the Pacific species belong to the subgenus 0,^t<)rhincJnif<\ all of the 

 Atlantic to the typical subgenus Aj^ogan. 



I. Osto7-liitic}ius. First dorsal with seven spines. 



(/. Caudal fin rounded or subtruncate, its base witliout tlistinct round black spot; 

 sides without black lateral stripe. 

 }i. Side without narrow vertical brown Ijars. 

 r. Fins blackish or with black markings. 



(L Top of head dusky, without conspicuous ])lack dots; i)reoj)ercle withnut 

 black line; body deep; scales firm; fins blackish; caudal and i)ectoral 



yellowish ingcr. 3. 



tid. Top of head sprinkled with very distinct black dots; a black line along 

 inner margin of preopercle; spinous dorsal black at tij); soft dorsal 



witii two })lack l)ands inarglnatus. 4. 



cc. Fins all pale; body without black markings toiicolor. 5. 



bh. Side with 8 to 12 narrow brownish vertical crossbars, the ground color 

 silvery; dorsals and caudal obscurely dark edged; scales thin ..liuratus. 6. 

 (Id. ("audal fin lunate or forked; dark strii)es, if {)resent, horizontal; base of caudal 

 with a very distinct round black spot; snout pointed. 

 (\ Sides of body with 3 to 7 stripes extending from head to tail. 



' IJ'Amia glaga dent je posside aussi des individus provenant du Japon (Bleeker). 





