94 LABRID^. 



canine teeth, the lateral teeth being more or less confluent into an 

 obtuse osseous ridge. Formula of the fins : D. y. A. ^j^. Lateral 

 line not interrupted. 



Indian and Australian Seas. 



1. Choerops macrodon. 



Labrus macrodontus, Lacdp. iii. pp. 451, 522 ; Cuv. 8f Val. xiii. p. 98. 



Chosrops meleagris, Miijip. I. c. 



Cossyplius macrodon, Bleek. Verhaml. Batav. Genootsch. xxii. Labr. 



p. 10. 

 ? Labnis chlorodus, Gronov. Si/st. ed. Gray, p. 80. 



D. •^. A. |. L. lat. 32. 



A posterior canine tooth. Serrature of the prseoperculum minute 

 in young specimens, and lost with age. Head obtuse, with the fore- 

 head elevated, its length being two-sevenths of the total. Scales on 

 the cheek subimbricated. Ground-colour of the head and of the back 

 darker than of the posterior and infeiior parts and dotted with red ; 

 a more or less distinct white blotch below the lateral line, covered by 

 the hinder thii'd of the pectoral. Dorsal fin blue, with orange- 

 coloured sj^ots along the base and with two bands of the same colour 

 along the middle ; anal blue, reticulated with orange ; caudal greenish. 

 Pectoral yellow, dark-blue at the base. 



East Indian Archipelago. North coast of Australia. 



a. Eight inches long. 



6. Eleven inches long : stuffed. Hope Islands (N.E. coast of Aiistralia). 

 Purchased of Mr. Cuming. 



2. Choerops ommopterus. 



? Cossyphus 8cbonleinii, (Ac/ass.) Cuv. ^ Val. xiii. p. 143. 

 Cossj^hus ommopterus, Richards. Ichth. Cliin. p. 257. 

 scliouleinii, Bleek. Celebes, v. p. 252. 



D. ^. A. ^. L. lat. 29. L. transv. 4/12. 



Posterior canine tooth absent. Serrature of the prseoperculum 

 very distinct. Head obtuse, as high as long ; prseorbital very high ; 

 scales on the cheek not imbricate. Green, each scale with a blue 

 spot in the centre ; an oblique blue band from the angle of the mouth 

 to the interoperculum ; a blue streak round the gill-opening ; dorsal 

 fin with a series of blue spots along the middle and with a round 

 black spot on and before the last spine ; anal fin with a blue streak 

 along the base, two series of blue spots, and with a purple margin ; 

 corners of the caudal fin purplish. 



Coasts of China and Australia. Molucca Sea. 



a. Fourteen inches long : stuffed. Canton. Presented by J. R. Reeves, 



Esq. — Type of the species. 

 h. Half-grown : stuffed. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 

 c. Half-grown. Molucca Sea. 



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