6. GLYPHIDODON. 49 



below the eye is not much narrower than the prseorbital, which has 

 a shallow notch. Teeth rather narrow. The dorsal spines increase 

 in length posteriorly, the length of the ninth being one-half of that 

 of the head. Caudal fin forked, with the upper lobe longest. Chest- 

 nut-brown (in spirits), Hghter on the head and shoulders ; a deep- 

 brown spot superiorly in the axil of the pectoral. 

 Java. 



a. Fine specimen. From Dr. P. v. Bleeker's Collection. 

 32. Glyphidodon leucozona. 



Bkeker, Naturk. Tydschr. Nederl. Ind. xix. p. 338. 



D. If. A. ^. L. lat. 29. L. transv. 3/10. 



The height of the body is one-half of the total length (the caudal 

 fin not included) ; the snout is shorter than the orbit ; the width of 

 the prseorbital, above the angle of the mouth, is two-thu'ds of that 

 of the orbit. Each jaw with about 40 teeth. Caudal fin emarginate, 

 with the lobes rounded ; the spinous dorsal scaly. Brown, with blue 

 spots on the side of the head and belly. A Hght band crosses the 

 body below the sixth and seventh dorsal spines. A bla'ckish spot 

 superiorly in the axil of the pectoral and behind the last dorsal rays ; 

 vertical fins blackish. 



Java. 



a, h. Three and a half and three inches long. From Dr. P. v. 

 Bleeker's Collection. 



33. Glyphidodon lacrymatus. 



Quoy 8f Gaim. Voy. Uran. Zool. p. 388. pi. 62. fig. 7 ; Cuv. S,- Val. v. 

 p. 478 ; Bleek. Ternate, v. p. 303. 



^■laiC.SfV.). A.^. L. lat. 27. 



The height of the body is one -half of the total length (without 

 caudal) ; the snout is shorter than the orbit ; the width of the prae- 

 orbital, above the angle of the mouth, is one-half of that of the orbit. 

 Each jaw with about 40 teeth. Caudal fin emarginate, with the 

 lobes rounded ; the spinous dorsal scaly. Brown, with small, scat- 

 tered blue spots ; the outer portion of the soft dorsal and anal 

 orange-coloured ; caudal and the posterior portion of the tail brown- 

 ish-yellow ; pectoral with a blackish spot across the base. {BJ.) 



Coasts of Java, Sangi, Ternate, and Guam. 



34. Glyphidodon flomlentus. 



D. i|. A. l^. L. lat. 25. L. transv. 3/9. 



The height of the body is rather more than one-half of the total 

 length (the caudal fin not included) ; the profile between the origin 

 of the dorsal fin and the snout is very slightly bent, obliquely de- 

 scending. Snout shorter than the eye ; the greatest width of the 



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