96 LABRrD.E. 



5. Chcerops japonicus. 



Labrus japoniciis, Cmu. Sr Val. xiii. p. 99; Schleg. Faun. Japan. Poiss. 



p. 163. pi. 85. 

 Cossyphus japonicus,^/^'?^. Verhand.Batav. Genootsch. xxv.Nalez. Jap. 



p. 16, and xxvi. Nak-z. Jap. p. 114. 



j),E, A. -. L. lat. 28-29. L. transv. 3|/10. 



A posterior canine tooth. Prfeoperculum minutely serrated. Head 

 obtuse, as high as long^ with the upper profile convex, its length 

 being contained thrice and three-fifths in the total. The teeth ra 

 both jaws are confluent into an osseous ridge. Red ; a brownish 

 \aolet band from the sixth, seventh and eighth dorsal sprues to the 

 axU, each scale with a blue streak or spot ; a short violet streak from 

 tho eye to the snout. Dorsal and anal fins yellow, the former with 

 a reddish-\aolet band along the base, the latter with a similar one of 

 rose-colour ; caudal with dark upper and lower margins ; base of the 

 pectoral yellow. 



Seas of Japan and China. 



a-b. Adult : stuffed. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. — The 

 dark cross-band sometimes disappears in stuffed specimens. 



c. Adult : stuffed. China. Purchased of Mr. Warwick. 



d. Adult. From Dr. P. v. Bleeker's Collection. 



6. Chcerops oligacanthus. 

 Crenilabrus oligacanthus, Bleek. Riotiw, p. 489, and Singapore, p. 68. 

 D. L3. A. ^. L. lat. 29. L. transv. 3/11. 



7 10 ' 



A posterior canine tooth, absent in young specimens. Serrature of 

 the praeoperculum veiy distinct. Head nearly as high as long ; prae- 

 orbital elevated ; scales of the prfeoperculum small, numerous, imbri- 

 cate ; the inner canine teeth of the upper jaw are the strongest. 

 Greenish : an oblong white blotch, with a brovni one below, between 

 the pectoral and the sixth and eighth dorsal spines ; sometimes 

 another brown spot on each side of the tail, behind the dorsal fin ; 

 red and blue streaks from the eye to the maxillary and to the oper- 

 culum ; dorsal and anal fins bluish, with red spots ; caudal red, with 

 blue dots ; the anal fin of immature specimens shows oblique white 

 lines. 



East Indian Archipelago. 



a. Singapore. 



h-c. From the Haslar Collection. 



7. Chcerops cyanodon. 



Labrus cyanodus, Richanh. Ann. SfMag. Nat. Hist. 1843, xi. p. 355. 

 Lachnolaimus cyanodus, Richards. Voy. Ereb. Sf Terr. Fishes, p. 131. 

 pi. 55. figs. 5-7. 



D. ^. A. ^. L. lat. 30. L. transv. 3/10. 



Posterior canine tooth absent. Serrature of the preeoperculum 



