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interorbital. Small black spot above suprascapiila and another on 

 upper front part of opercle. 



Type.—V.S.^M. no. 98901. (22124.) D. 5145. Jolo Light, S. 16« 

 E., 0.85 mile (lat. 6°4'30" N., long. 120=59'30" E.), vicinity of Jolo. 

 In 23 fathoms. February 15, 1908. Length 69 mm. 



Remarks. — Only the type known. Greatly like Cirrhitopsis aureus 

 (Schlegel), but differing chiefly in the longer second anal spine and 

 distinct or contrasted dark to blackish spots on the head and dorsal 

 fin. 



{analis, with reference to the anal spines.) 



Figure 18. — Cirrhitichthys analis, new species. Type. 



Genus AMBLYCIRRHITUS Gill 



AMBLYCIRRHITUS INDICUS, new species 



CirrMtes fasciafus Cuviek (not Bennett, 1828), Histoire natiirelle des poissons, 

 vol. 3, p. 76, pi. 47, 1829 (type locality, PoncUcherry ) ■ — Gxjnthee, CatalogiTe 

 of the fishes of the British Museum, vol. 2, p. 73, 1860 ( copied ) .—Day, The 

 fishes of India, pt. 1, p. 145, 1875 (copied) ; suppl., p. 788, 1888. 



Amhlycirrhitus fasciatiis Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1862, p. 105 

 (reference). 



Cirrhitichthys fasciatiis Day, The fauna of British India, Fishes, vol. 2, p. 51, 

 1889 (Madras). 



Depth 2% ; head 3, width 2%. Snout 3 in head ; eye 4, 1% in snout ; 

 maxillary reaches i/^ in eye, expansion 1%, length 2% in head ; teeth 

 small, simple, conic, no canines; interorbital Ioav, eye invading 

 slightly front profile ; hind preopercle edge serrate. 



Scales 38+7 in lateral series (on Cuvier's figure) ; 15 transversely 

 between soft dorsal and anal origins; 8 rows on cheek to preopercle 

 ridge. Vertical fins scaly basally. 



